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Package: python
Version: 2.7.17-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Hi,
the python package is currently uninstallable in Debian unstable:
output-version: 1.2
report:
-
package: python
version: 2.7.17-2
architecture: amd64
status: broken
reasons:
-
missing:
pkg:
package: libpython-stdlib
version: 2.7.17-2
architecture: amd64
unsat-dependency: libpython2-stdlib (= 2.7.17-2)
depchains:
-
depchain:
-
package: python
version: 2.7.17-2
architecture: amd64
depends: libpython-stdlib (= 2.7.17-2)
Maybe this is intentional because of the imminent removal of python 2.
What is problematic here is, that python is also priority:standard. My
package mmdebstrap is a debootstrap replacement and in addition to being
able to install packages with priorities required and important, it can
also install all packages with priority standard. If a package from the
priority:standard set is not installable, then this also breaks the unit
tests and autopkgtest of mmdebstrap and thus, python not being
installable is currently blocking my mmdebstrap development. I see
several ways to resolve this:
- fix the installability problem (there seems to be a version mismatch)
- remove the python package
- adjust the priority to something less important than "standard"
- add a rule to mmdebstrap to ignore a package named python
Since the uninstallability has now been a thing for over a week, I'm
filing this bug to inquire about the best way forward.
Thanks!
cheers, josch
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Quoting Matthias Klose (2020-08-11 06:33:06)
> > - remove the python package
>
> yes, that's the goal. However filing an RC bug report prevents migration of
> this
> package once it's migratable.
>
> > - adjust the priority to something less important than "standard"
>
> you should file a bug report for the override, not the package.
>
> > - add a rule to mmdebstrap to ignore a package named python
>
> I don't know mmdebstrap. But if you can work around that, please do.
>
> > Since the uninstallability has now been a thing for over a week, I'm
> > filing this bug to inquire about the best way forward.
>
> yes, and always RC severity in the first place...
I'm sorry if I have caused offense with the severity. I chose the severity
level simply because an uninstallable package is unusable and thus severity
"grave" applies.
Since this problem is not fixable from the python side, I'll explore other
options.
Thanks!
cheers, josch
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