Re: Debian Stretch package conflicts... libnettle4 libarchive13 libgnutls-deb0-28 libgnutls30

[Rick Thomas]

On May 14, 2016, at 3:45 AM, Dutch Ingraham  wrote:

> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 06:43:11PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> When I try to do aptitude full-upgrade on my Stretch Apple G4 PowerMac, I 
>> get conflicts.
>> 
>> These do not seem to be transient — they have been there for several days.
>> 
>> Anybody know what’s going on?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Rick
>> 
>>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>> libnettle4{a} 
>>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>> gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 libarchive13 libasyncns0 libavcodec57 
>>> libavfilter6 libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil55 
>>> libc-bin libc-l10n libc6 libkpathsea6 libpackagekit-glib2-18 libpam-systemd 
>>> libpostproc54 libptexenc1 librest-0.7-0 
>>> libswresample2 libswscale4 libsynctex1 libsystemd0 libtexlua52 
>>> libtexluajit2 libudev1 libx264-148 locales 
>>> multiarch-support mythes-en-us packagekit packagekit-tools systemd 
>>> systemd-sysv texlive-base texlive-binaries 
>>> texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base 
>>> texlive-latex-base-doc udev x11-apps 
>>> x11-xkb-utils 
>>> 41 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>>> Need to get 442 kB/104 MB of archives. After unpacking 16.6 MB will be 
>>> freed.
>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>> libgnutls-deb0-28 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be 
>>> installed
>>> libgnutls30 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be installed
>>> open: 45; closed: 112; defer: 39; conflict: 46
>>> 
>>> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>>> 
>>>   Keep the following packages at their current version:
>>> 1) libarchive13 [3.1.2-11+b1 (now, testing, unstable)]
>>> 2) libnettle4 [Not Installed] 
>>> 
>> 
> I used to use aptitude full-upgrade until I started having the same
> problem as you - wanting to remove huge lists of essential applications
> (like bash, etc.)  There is a long thread regarding this on the forums
> (which I can't find right now.)
> 
> I don't know why aptitude is doing this, but switching to apt-get
> dist-upgrade solved the problem and I haven't had any issues in ~8
> months.

Thanks for the pointer…  I tried apt-get dist-upgrade.  It gave essentially the 
same results — used different words but the intent was clearly the same.

Sven pointed out that this is a known problem with a version mismatch between 
Stretch and Jessie security.

Enjoy!
Rick

Re: Debian Stretch package conflicts... libnettle4 libarchive13 libgnutls-deb0-28 libgnutls30

[Rick Thomas]

On May 14, 2016, at 3:52 AM, Sven Joachim  wrote:

> On 2016-05-13 18:43 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> 
> 
>> When I try to do aptitude full-upgrade on my Stretch Apple G4 PowerMac, I 
>> get conflicts.
>> 
>> These do not seem to be transient — they have been there for several days.
>> 
>> Anybody know what’s going on?
>> 
>>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>>> libnettle4{a} 
>>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>> gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 libarchive13 libasyncns0 libavcodec57
>>> libavfilter6 libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil55
>>> libc-bin libc-l10n libc6 libkpathsea6 libpackagekit-glib2-18 libpam-systemd 
>>> libpostproc54 libptexenc1 librest-0.7-0 
>>> libswresample2 libswscale4 libsynctex1 libsystemd0 libtexlua52 
>>> libtexluajit2 libudev1 libx264-148 locales 
>>> multiarch-support mythes-en-us packagekit packagekit-tools systemd 
>>> systemd-sysv texlive-base texlive-binaries 
>>> texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base 
>>> texlive-latex-base-doc udev x11-apps 
>>> x11-xkb-utils 
>>> 41 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>>> Need to get 442 kB/104 MB of archives. After unpacking 16.6 MB will be 
>>> freed.
>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>> libgnutls-deb0-28 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be 
>>> installed
>>> libgnutls30 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be installed
>>> open: 45; closed: 112; defer: 39; conflict: 46
>>> 
>>> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>>> 
>>>   Keep the following packages at their current version:
>>> 1) libarchive13 [3.1.2-11+b1 (now, testing, unstable)]
>>> 2) libnettle4 [Not Installed] 
> 
> The problem is that libarchive13 has a higher version in stable-security
> than in testing, and that version is not installable in Stretch:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=823984.
> 
> If you desperately need a fixed libarchive, there's a patch at the end
> of that bug report which you could apply.  Otherwise use
> "aptitude safe-upgrade" instead of "aptitude full-upgrade".
> 
> Cheers,
>   Sven

Thanks, Sven!

I’m glad to hear that it’s a known bug.  I’m perfectly happy to accept the 
“actions will resolve these dependencies” for the time being.  I guess that’s 
why they call it “testing”.

I assume that, if I’m patient, a fix will evolve?

Enjoy!
Rick

Re: Debian Stretch package conflicts... libnettle4 libarchive13 libgnutls-deb0-28 libgnutls30

[Sven Joachim]

On 2016-05-13 18:43 -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:


> When I try to do aptitude full-upgrade on my Stretch Apple G4 PowerMac, I get 
> conflicts.
>
> These do not seem to be transient — they have been there for several days.
>
> Anybody know what’s going on?
>
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>> libnettle4{a} 
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>> gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 libarchive13 libasyncns0 libavcodec57
>> libavfilter6 libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil55
>> libc-bin libc-l10n libc6 libkpathsea6 libpackagekit-glib2-18 libpam-systemd 
>> libpostproc54 libptexenc1 librest-0.7-0 
>> libswresample2 libswscale4 libsynctex1 libsystemd0 libtexlua52 libtexluajit2 
>> libudev1 libx264-148 locales 
>> multiarch-support mythes-en-us packagekit packagekit-tools systemd 
>> systemd-sysv texlive-base texlive-binaries 
>> texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base 
>> texlive-latex-base-doc udev x11-apps 
>> x11-xkb-utils 
>> 41 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 442 kB/104 MB of archives. After unpacking 16.6 MB will be freed.
>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>> libgnutls-deb0-28 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be 
>> installed
>> libgnutls30 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be installed
>> open: 45; closed: 112; defer: 39; conflict: 46
>> 
>> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>> 
>>Keep the following packages at their current version:
>> 1) libarchive13 [3.1.2-11+b1 (now, testing, unstable)]
>> 2) libnettle4 [Not Installed] 

The problem is that libarchive13 has a higher version in stable-security
than in testing, and that version is not installable in Stretch:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=823984.

If you desperately need a fixed libarchive, there's a patch at the end
of that bug report which you could apply.  Otherwise use
"aptitude safe-upgrade" instead of "aptitude full-upgrade".

Cheers,
   Sven

Re: Debian Stretch package conflicts... libnettle4 libarchive13 libgnutls-deb0-28 libgnutls30

[Dutch Ingraham]

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 06:43:11PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I try to do aptitude full-upgrade on my Stretch Apple G4 PowerMac, I get 
> conflicts.
> 
> These do not seem to be transient — they have been there for several days.
> 
> Anybody know what’s going on?
> 
> Thanks!
> Rick
> 
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > libnettle4{a} 
> > The following packages will be upgraded:
> > gir1.2-packagekitglib-1.0 libarchive13 libasyncns0 libavcodec57 
> > libavfilter6 libavformat57 libavresample3 libavutil55 
> > libc-bin libc-l10n libc6 libkpathsea6 libpackagekit-glib2-18 libpam-systemd 
> > libpostproc54 libptexenc1 librest-0.7-0 
> > libswresample2 libswscale4 libsynctex1 libsystemd0 libtexlua52 
> > libtexluajit2 libudev1 libx264-148 locales 
> > multiarch-support mythes-en-us packagekit packagekit-tools systemd 
> > systemd-sysv texlive-base texlive-binaries 
> > texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc texlive-latex-base 
> > texlive-latex-base-doc udev x11-apps 
> > x11-xkb-utils 
> > 41 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 442 kB/104 MB of archives. After unpacking 16.6 MB will be 
> > freed.
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> > libgnutls-deb0-28 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be 
> > installed
> > libgnutls30 : Conflicts: libnettle4 but 2.7.1-5+deb8u1 is to be installed
> > open: 45; closed: 112; defer: 39; conflict: 46
> > 
> > The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> > 
> >Keep the following packages at their current version:
> > 1) libarchive13 [3.1.2-11+b1 (now, testing, unstable)]
> > 2) libnettle4 [Not Installed] 
> > 
> 
I used to use aptitudee full-upgrade until I started having the same
problem as you - wanting to remove huge lists of essential applications
(like bash, etc.)  There is a long thread regarding this on the forums
(which I can't find right now.)

I don't know why aptitude is doing this, but switching to apt-get
dist-upgrade solved the problem and I haven't had any issues in ~8
months.