Public bug reported: As part of the 64-bit time_t transition, libmagic1 was renamed to libmagic1t64 in https://bugs.debian.org/1063113. However, libmagic1 1:5.45-2 is still in the archive, despite being non-installable:
# apt-get install libmagic1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 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: libmagic1 : Depends: libmagic-mgc (= 1:5.45-2) but 1:5.45-3 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Please delete libmagic1 from the archive, so that libmagic1t64 1:5.45-3 can take over this role (it’s already marked Provides: libmagic1 (= 1:5.45-3)). ** Affects: file (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2059723 Title: Please delete libmagic1 1:5.45-2 from the archive (in favor of libmagic1t64 1:5.45-3) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file/+bug/2059723/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs