Same thing using upstream 'apt' release on : Mon Aug 20 17:44:39 2018 # ./cmdline/apt-get -v apt 1.7.0~alpha3 (amd64)
# sudo ./cmdline/apt-get install zsh=5.1.1-1ubuntu2 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: zsh : Depends: zsh-common (= 5.1.1-1ubuntu2) but 5.1.1-1ubuntu2.2 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1788486 Title: apt behaviour with strict dependencies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1788486/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs