That's perfectly normal, if a bit confusing.
lxc-tests only exists in precise-backports while liblxc1 exists in both
the release pocket and the backports pocket.
Apt policy is to never automatically pull from backports unless the
package only exists there.
As a result, apt will pull lxc-tests from backports if you request it be
installed but will then fail as it won't be able to automatically pull the
liblxc1 dependency that it then needs.
If you do want to install the package, you'll need to use:
apt-get install -t precise-backports lxc-tests
Which will then allow apt to pull everything that's needed from
backports.
** Changed in: lxc (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1657019
Title:
lxc-tests package depends on liblxc1, which need to be installed
manually on Precise
Status in lxc package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
On Precise, you have to install liblxc1 manually for lxc-tests
package, otherwise it will complain about:
sudo kernel@precise:~$ sudo apt-get install lxc-tests
[sudo] password for kernel:
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:
lxc-tests : Depends: liblxc1 (= 1.0.8-0ubuntu0.3~ubuntu12.04.1) but it is
not going to be installed
Recommends: lxc-templates but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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