Package: libghc-xmonad-dev Version: 0.12-5+b1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
there is dependency problem in unstable currently that prevents the upgrade of the ghc package to the latest version (8.0.2-5 at the time of writing) or prevents the installtion on a fresh install, here the output of trying it in a bare chroot: root@loki:/# apt install xmonad libghc-xmonad-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libghc-xmonad-dev : Depends: libghc-x11-dev-1.6.1.2-588a9 but it is not installable Depends: libghc-base-dev-4.9.0.0-5e731 but it is not installable Depends: libghc-containers-dev-0.5.7.1-8be09 but it is not installable Depends: libghc-data-default-dev-0.7.1.1-8e73d but it is not installable Depends: libghc-directory-dev-1.2.6.2-958b8 but it is not installable Depends: libghc-extensible-exceptions-dev-0.1.1.4-7f6c0 but it is not installable Depends: libghc-filepath-dev-1.4.1.0-6e799 but it is not installable Depends: libghc-mtl-dev-2.2.1-3d1c9 but it is not installable Depends: libghc-process-dev-1.4.2.0-e39cb but it is not installable Depends: libghc-setlocale-dev-1.0.0.4-b209c but it is not installable Depends: libghc-unix-dev-2.7.2.0-220bd but it is not installable Depends: libghc-utf8-string-dev-1.0.1.1-6f2d5 but it is not installable Recommends: libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. it looks like it needs to be recompiled against the new ghc. regards, albert -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libghc-xmonad-dev depends on: ii ghc [libghc-unix-dev-2.7.2.0-220bd] 8.0.1-17+b1 ii libc6 2.24-12 pn libghc-base-dev-4.9.0.0-5e731 <none> pn libghc-containers-dev-0.5.7.1-8be09 <none> ii libghc-data-default-dev [libghc-data-default-dev-0.7.1.1-8e 0.7.1.1-2+b1 pn libghc-directory-dev-1.2.6.2-958b8 <none> ii libghc-extensible-exceptions-dev [libghc-extensible-excepti 0.1.1.4-8 pn libghc-filepath-dev-1.4.1.0-6e799 <none> ii libghc-mtl-dev [libghc-mtl-dev-2.2.1-3d1c9] 2.2.1-5 pn libghc-process-dev-1.4.2.0-e39cb <none> ii libghc-setlocale-dev [libghc-setlocale-dev-1.0.0.4-b209c] 1.0.0.4-3 ii libghc-utf8-string-dev [libghc-utf8-string-dev-1.0.1.1-6f2d 1.0.1.1-4+b1 ii libghc-x11-dev [libghc-x11-dev-1.6.1.2-588a9] 1.6.1.2-7 ii libgmp10 2:6.1.2+dfsg-1 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.4-3 ii libx11-dev 2:1.6.4-3 ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2 ii libxinerama-dev 2:1.1.3-1+b3 ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b3 ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.1-1 Versions of packages libghc-xmonad-dev recommends: ii libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev 0.12-3+b1 Versions of packages libghc-xmonad-dev suggests: pn libghc-xmonad-doc <none> pn libghc-xmonad-prof <none> -- no debconf information