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--- Begin Message ---Package: debconf Version: 1.5.69 Severity: serious Hi. I'm running a mostly-up-to-date Debian/sid system. I just tried updating it, and it barf at me when I ask it to update debconf: root@machine:~# aptitude install debconf The following NEW packages will be installed: libauthen-sasl-perl{a} libdata-dump-perl{a} libencode-locale-perl{a} libfile-listing-perl{a} libfont-afm-perl{a} libgdbm-compat4{a} libhtml-form-perl{a} libhtml-format-perl{a} libhtml-parser-perl{a} libhtml-tagset-perl{a} libhtml-tree-perl{a} libhttp-cookies-perl{a} libhttp-daemon-perl{a} libhttp-date-perl{a} libhttp-message-perl{a} libhttp-negotiate-perl{a} libio-html-perl{a} libio-socket-ssl-perl{a} liblwp-mediatypes-perl{a} liblwp-protocol-https-perl{a} libmailtools-perl{a} libnet-http-perl{a} libnet-smtp-ssl-perl{a} libnet-ssleay-perl{a} libperl5.28{a} libtext-unidecode-perl{a} libtry-tiny-perl{a} libwww-perl{a} libwww-robotrules-perl{a} libxml-libxml-perl{a} libxml-namespacesupport-perl{a} libxml-parser-perl{a} libxml-sax-base-perl{a} libxml-sax-expat-perl{a} libxml-sax-perl{a} perl-modules-5.28{ab} perl-openssl-defaults{a} python3-apt{a} python3-debconf{a} tex-common{a} The following packages will be upgraded: apt-listchanges debconf perl perl-base{b} texinfo 5 packages upgraded, 40 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/12.8 MB of archives. After unpacking 49.9 MB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: perl-base : Breaks: perl-modules (< 5.28.1~) but 5.20.1-1 is installed debconf-i18n : Depends: debconf (= 1.5.59) but 1.5.69 is to be installed perl-modules-5.28 : Conflicts: perl-modules (< 5.22.0~) but 5.20.1-1 is installed libfcgi-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.20.0 which is a virtual package, provided by: - perl-base (5.20.1-1), but 5.28.1-3 is to be installed liblocale-gettext-perl : PreDepends: perlapi-5.20.0 which is a virtual package, provided by: - perl-base (5.20.1-1), but 5.28.1-3 is to be installed libperl5.20 : Depends: perl-base (= 5.20.1-1) but 5.28.1-3 is to be installed libtext-soundex-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.20.0 which is a virtual package, provided by: - perl-base (5.20.1-1), but 5.28.1-3 is to be installed libio-pty-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.20.0 which is a virtual package, provided by: - perl-base (5.20.1-1), but 5.28.1-3 is to be installed libtext-iconv-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.20.0 which is a virtual package, provided by: - perl-base (5.20.1-1), but 5.28.1-3 is to be installed libtext-charwidth-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.20.0 which is a virtual package, provided by: - perl-base (5.20.1-1), but 5.28.1-3 is to be installed The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) libperl5.20 [5.20.1-1 (now)] 2) perl-modules [5.20.1-1 (now)] Install the following packages: 3) libpython3.7 [3.7.2-1 (unstable)] 4) libtcl8.6 [8.6.9+dfsg-1 (unstable)] Upgrade the following packages: 5) debconf-i18n [1.5.59 (now) -> 1.5.69 (unstable)] 6) libfcgi-perl [0.77-1+b1 (now) -> 0.78-2+b3 (unstable)] 7) libio-pty-perl [1:1.08-1+b4 (now) -> 1:1.08-1.1+b5 (unstable)] 8) liblocale-gettext-perl [1.05-8+b1 (now) -> 1.07-3+b4 (unstable)] 9) libtext-charwidth-perl [0.04-7+b3 (now) -> 0.04-7.1+b1 (unstable)] 10) libtext-iconv-perl [1.7-5+b2 (now) -> 1.7-5+b7 (unstable)] 11) libtext-soundex-perl [3.4-1+b2 (now) -> 3.4-1+b7 (unstable)] 12) znc [1.4-1+b2 (now) -> 1.7.1-2+b3 (unstable)] 13) znc-perl [1.4-1+b2 (now) -> 1.7.1-2+b3 (unstable)] 14) znc-python [1.4-1+b2 (now) -> 1.7.1-2+b3 (unstable)] 15) znc-tcl [1.4-1+b2 (now) -> 1.7.1-2+b3 (unstable)] Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] The following NEW packages will be installed: libauthen-sasl-perl{a} libdata-dump-perl{a} libencode-locale-perl{a} libfile-listing-perl{a} libfont-afm-perl{a} libgdbm-compat4{a} libhtml-form-perl{a} libhtml-format-perl{a} libhtml-parser-perl{a} libhtml-tagset-perl{a} libhtml-tree-perl{a} libhttp-cookies-perl{a} libhttp-daemon-perl{a} libhttp-date-perl{a} libhttp-message-perl{a} libhttp-negotiate-perl{a} libio-html-perl{a} libio-socket-ssl-perl{a} liblwp-mediatypes-perl{a} liblwp-protocol-https-perl{a} libmailtools-perl{a} libnet-http-perl{a} libnet-smtp-ssl-perl{a} libnet-ssleay-perl{a} libperl5.28{a} libpython3.7{a} libtcl8.6{a} libtext-unidecode-perl{a} libtry-tiny-perl{a} libwww-perl{a} libwww-robotrules-perl{a} libxml-libxml-perl{a} libxml-namespacesupport-perl{a} libxml-parser-perl{a} libxml-sax-base-perl{a} libxml-sax-expat-perl{a} libxml-sax-perl{a} perl-modules-5.28{a} perl-openssl-defaults{a} python3-apt{a} python3-debconf{a} tex-common{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: libarchive-extract-perl{u} liblog-message-perl{u} liblog-message-simple-perl{u} libmodule-pluggable-perl{u} libpackage-constants-perl{u} libperl5.20{a} libpod-latex-perl{u} libtcl8.5{u} libterm-ui-perl{u} libtext-soundex-perl{u} perl-modules{a} The following packages will be upgraded: apt-listchanges debconf debconf-i18n libfcgi-perl libio-pty-perl liblocale-gettext-perl libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl perl perl-base texinfo znc znc-perl znc-python znc-tcl 15 packages upgraded, 42 newly installed, 11 to remove and 25 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/18.9 MB of archives. After unpacking 42.8 MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] E: This installation run will require temporarily removing the essential package debconf:amd64 due to a Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop. This is often bad, but if you really want to do it, activate the APT::Force-LoopBreak option. E: Internal Error, Could not early remove debconf:amd64 (2) The punchline is at the end. I haven't tried to figure out what this loop means, and I haven't attempted the setting suggested by the error message, since it sounds like it could break something. This probably shouldn't be happening. I'm attaching the output of 'dpkg -l'. Thanks!
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--- Begin Message ---Adrian Bunk <b...@debian.org> writes: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 04:17:32PM -0800, Dima Kogan wrote: >> Package: debconf >> Version: 1.5.69 >> Severity: serious >> >> Hi. >> >> I'm running a mostly-up-to-date Debian/sid system. I just tried updating >> it, and it barf at me when I ask it to update debconf: >>... >> The punchline is at the end. I haven't tried to figure out what this >> loop means, and I haven't attempted the setting suggested by the error >> message, since it sounds like it could break something. This probably >> shouldn't be happening. I'm attaching the output of 'dpkg -l'. > > ii perl 5.20.1-1 amd64 > Larry Wall's Practical Extraction and Report Language > ii perl-base 5.20.1-1 amd64 > minimal Perl system > ri perl-modules 5.20.1-1 all > Core Perl modules > > There are packages from unstable at some point between wheezy and jessie. > debconf 1.5.59 was pre-stretch unstable. > > Are you somehow pinning/holding ancient packages on your system? Hi. I'm not purposely pinning anything. This is a Debian/sid install on a server that I upgrade to the latest periodically. I now see that perl=5.20 is very very old. I don't exactly know how this came to be, but I suppose this isn't debconf's problem, and this probably shouldn't be a bug. Definitely not a release-blocking one. I'm closing the issue. Thanks for replying!
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