Bug#79633: tetex-bin: Upgrade MESS! wtf?

[Lazarus Long <lazarus@overdue.dhis.net>]

Package: tetex-bin
Version: 1.0.7+20000807-5
Severity: normal


tetex-bin depends on libkpathsea3

Okay, no problem, install it I guess:
 *=* Std tex      tetex-bin    teTeX binary files
  _* Std libs     libkpathsea3 shared libkpathsea for teTeX

But then we get down to that line and:

tetex-bin depends on libkpathsea3
libkpathsea3 conflicts with tetex-lib

Okay, remove it I guess: 
 **- Std libs     tetex-lib    shared libkpathsea for teTeX

But then we get down to that line and:

libkpathsea3 conflicts with tetex-lib
catdvi depends on tetex-lib (>= 1.0.6-7)
tetex-dev depends on tetex-lib
freetype-tools depends on tetex-lib (>= 1.0.6-7)
dvipdfm depends on tetex-lib (>= 1.0.7+20000807-5)

 **- Std libs     tetex-lib    shared libkpathsea for teTeX
 **- Xtr tex      catdvi       DVI to plain text translator
 **- Opt tex      tetex-dev    kpathsea.a and include files for teTeX
 **- Opt utils    freetype-too Bundled tests, demos and tools for FreeType 1
 **- Opt tex      dvipdfm      A DVI to PDF translator.

Okay, obviously this isn't acceptable.

BTW, the above "decisions" are all made by dselect, not myself.
But something must be significantly trashed in the dependency tree here,
definitely, so I've reverted to putting it back on hold.

There is NO advice as to what is going on.  Hence this bug.

"Now what?"

BTW, the above is the -5 to -6 tranistion which caused the mess.

-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Kernel Version: Linux phoenix 2.2.16 #1 Tue Aug 8 07:02:12 UTC 2000 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii  debianutils    1.14           Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian.
ii  dpkg           1.7.2          Package maintenance system for Debian
ii  ed             0.2-19         The classic unix line editor
ii  libc6          2.2-5          GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libpng2        1.0.8-1        PNG library - runtime
ii  libstdc++2.10  2.95.2-14      The GNU stdc++ library
ii  tetex-base     1.0.2+20000804 basic teTeX library files
ii  tetex-lib      1.0.7+20000807 shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii  xlib6g         4.0.1-11       pseudopackage providing X libraries
ii  zlib1g         1.1.3-11       compression library - runtime
	^^^ (Provides virtual package libz1)
ii  perl-5.005-bas 5.005.03-7.1   The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
	^^^ (Provides virtual package perl5-base)

--- Ignoring modified conffile /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf (>8k)