Package: dpdk-dev Version: 18.11-4~bpo9+1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
Installing the dpdk-dev-18.11-4~bpo9+1 is not possible. dpkg refuses, claiming dpdk-dev breaks dpdk 18.11-4. For example: # dpkg --install dpdk-dev_18.11-4~bpo9+1_amd64.deb Selecting previously unselected package dpdk-dev. dpkg: regarding dpdk-dev_18.11-4~bpo9+1_amd64.deb containing dpdk-dev: dpdk-dev breaks dpdk (<< 18.11-4) dpdk (version 18.11-4~bpo9+1) is present and installed. dpkg: error processing archive dpdk-dev_18.11-4~bpo9+1_amd64.deb (--install): installing dpdk-dev would break dpdk, and deconfiguration is not permitted (--auto-deconfigure might help) Errors were encountered while processing: dpdk-dev_18.11-4~bpo9+1_amd64.deb The Replaces lines in the debian/control file for the dpdk and dpdk-dev sections look strange to me. Why would dpdk replace dpdk-dev? However I am not able to work around this except by commenting out the Replaces and Breaks lines entirely. -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.7 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE= (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages dpdk-dev depends on: ii libbsd0 0.8.3-1 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u3 ii libdpdk-dev 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii libelf1 0.168-1 ii libgcc1 1:6.3.0-18+deb9u1 ii libjansson4 2.9-1 ii libnuma1 2.0.11-2.1 ii librte-acl18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-acl2 <none> ii librte-bbdev18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-bpf18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-bus-dpaa18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-bus-pci18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-bus-vdev18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-cfgfile18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-cfgfile2 <none> ii librte-cmdline18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-cmdline2 <none> ii librte-common-dpaax18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-compressdev18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-cryptodev18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-cryptodev2 <none> pn librte-distributor1 <none> ii librte-distributor18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-eal18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-eal3 <none> ii librte-efd18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-ethdev18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-ethdev5 <none> ii librte-eventdev18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-flow-classify18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-gro18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-gso18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-hash18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-hash2 <none> pn librte-ip-frag1 <none> ii librte-ip-frag18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-jobstats1 <none> ii librte-kni18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-kni2 <none> pn librte-kvargs1 <none> ii librte-kvargs18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-lpm18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-lpm2 <none> ii librte-mbuf18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-mbuf2 <none> ii librte-member18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-mempool-dpaa18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-mempool18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-mempool2 <none> pn librte-meter1 <none> ii librte-meter18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-metrics18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-net1 <none> ii librte-net18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-pci18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-pdump1 <none> ii librte-pdump18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-pipeline18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-pipeline3 <none> ii librte-pmd-bnxt18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-pmd-bond1 <none> ii librte-pmd-bond18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-pmd-dpaa18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-pmd-i40e18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-pmd-ixgbe18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-pmd-null1 <none> ii librte-pmd-ring18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-pmd-ring2 <none> ii librte-pmd-softnic18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-pmd-xenvirt1 <none> ii librte-port18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-port3 <none> pn librte-power1 <none> ii librte-power18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-reorder1 <none> ii librte-reorder18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-ring1 <none> ii librte-ring18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-sched1 <none> ii librte-sched18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-security18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 ii librte-table18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-table2 <none> ii librte-telemetry18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-timer1 <none> ii librte-timer18.11 18.11-4~bpo9+1 pn librte-vhost3 <none> ii libxenstore3.0 4.8.5+shim4.10.2+xsa282-1+deb9u11 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5 dpdk-dev recommends no packages. dpdk-dev suggests no packages.