https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381003
Bug ID: 381003 Summary: python3-pykde4 won't install due to broken dep on sip-py3api-11.2 (provided by python3-sip) Product: bindings Version: unspecified Platform: Ubuntu Packages OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: pykde Assignee: kde-bindi...@kde.org Reporter: bernard.g...@gmail.com Target Milestone: --- Hi all, I hope this is the correct place to report this - In short, I'm building cleanroom chroots on KDE Neon user/lts packages - about 24 hours ago, I began getting build failures: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > python3-pykde4 : Depends: sip-py3api-11.2 Digging into this, 1. python3-pykde4 is an ubuntu provided package 2. the missing dependency is provided by python3-sip, a neon provided package For reasons beyond my understanding, python3-pykde4 is not taking any notice of the python3-sip Provides which satisfies the sip-py3api-11.2 dep # apt-cache policy python3-pykde4 python3-pykde4: Installed: (none) Candidate: 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu6 Version table: 4:4.14.2-0ubuntu6 500 500 http://aptmirror.debortoli.private:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages # apt-cache policy python3-sip python3-sip: Installed: 4.19.2+dfsg-1+16.04+xenial+build3 Candidate: 4.19.2+dfsg-1+16.04+xenial+build3 Version table: *** 4.19.2+dfsg-1+16.04+xenial+build3 500 500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user/lts xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 4.18.1+dfsg-2+16.04+build3 500 500 http://archive.neon.kde.org/user/lts xenial/main amd64 Packages 4.17+dfsg-1build1 500 500 http://aptmirror.debortoli.private:3142/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages ** I used this aptitude search command to see what packages provide sip-py3api-11.2, and their installation status: # aptitude search '~Psip-py3api-11.2' i python3-sip - Python 3/C++ bindings generator runtime library p python3-sip:i386 ** So with everything ready to go, deps satisfied by virtual packages, I should be able to install python3-pykde4: # apt-get install python3-pykde4 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... 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: python3-pykde4 : Depends: sip-py3api-11.2 E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ** there are no held packages # dpkg --get-selections | grep hold # -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.