Re: Bug#38516: apt: Problems with libgmp2/gmp2
On Sat, 29 May 1999, Chris Butler wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.3.6
>
> I can't seem to get apt-get to install libgmp2 (which replaces gmp2, due
> to package renaming) without it wanting to remove ssh as well (which depends
> on gmp2). However, libgmp2 says 'Provides: gmp2' in it's control file.
ssh has a versioned dependancy on a particular gmp2 package. We currently
do not have a versioned provides mechanism so what you are seeing is the
expected behavoir. You could have got APT to tell you this by issuing the
command,
apt-get install libgmp2 ssh gmp2-
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, ssh is already the newest version
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:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
ssh: Depends: gmp2 (>= 2.0.2)
E: Sorry, broken packages
Though for some reason libgmp2 does not conflict with the old gmp2..
Weird and sounds like a bug in the packaging of libgmp2.
Jason
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