Hi Simon, On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 01:35:50PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote: > ... > > python3-lxml : Depends: python3 (< 3.6) but 3.7.3-1 is to be installed > > The amd64 binaries uploaded to buster-backports by Andreas Tille (cc'd) > seem to have been built in a stretch environment? Other architectures' > builds from the buildds seem to be as expected.
Argh! > https://packages.debian.org/buster-backports/python3-lxml says: > > dep: python3 (<< 3.6) [amd64] > dep: python3 (<< 3.8) [not amd64] > dep: python3 (>= 3.5~) [amd64] > dep: python3 (>= 3.7~) [not amd64] > > If backports packages can be binNMU'd, please could someone with > appropriate access rebuild this? I think the right runes are: > > nmu python3-lxml_4.6.1-1~bpo10+1 . amd64 . buster-backports . -m 'Rebuild in > buster environment' > > Or if binNMUs are not possible in buster-backports, someone who uses > and can test this backported package could do a source-only upload. If it helps I can do a source-only upload for sure. > See also #744113/#934191, which would have avoided this if fixed - but > I can't help wondering how this package was successfully tested in the > target suite, given that it seems to be uninstallable. Perhaps it was > inadvertently built for stretch instead of buster, and then accidentally > also tested in stretch? Yes, sorry, it seems I've messed this up. :-( Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de