Ubuntu 18.04 with rsyslog 8.32.0 is not affected by that problem anymore so marking as such. Thanks.
** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1204990 Title: rsyslog-relp improperly depends on a specific version of rsyslog no longer in the repo Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: In Ubuntu Precise Pangolin, attempting to install rsyslog-relp results in this: joe@foo:~$ sudo apt-get install rsyslog-relp 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: rsyslog-relp : Depends: rsyslog (= 5.8.6-1ubuntu8) but 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. joe@foo:~$ There's really no reason for such a specific version dependency. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Release: 12.04 $ apt-cache policy rsyslog rsyslog: Installed: 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4 Candidate: 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4 Version table: *** 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 5.8.6-1ubuntu8 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages $ apt-cache policy rsyslog-relp rsyslog-relp: Installed: (none) Candidate: 5.8.6-1ubuntu8 Version table: 5.8.6-1ubuntu8 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1204990/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp