On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 07:57:42PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Package: python3-setuptools > Version: 68.1.2-2 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > Following > https://tracker.debian.org/news/1543129/accepted-python3-stdlib-extensions-3124-1-source-into-unstable/, > python3-setuptools is uninstallable in unstable: > > # apt install python3-setuptools > 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: > > Unsatisfied dependencies: > python3-setuptools : Depends: python3-distutils but it is not installable > Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > # apt install python3-setuptools python3-distutils > Package python3-distutils is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > > Error: Package 'python3-distutils' has no installation candidate > > This obviously seems likely to break builds of a large number of other > packages - we noticed it in debusine's reprotest CI jobs.
And note that this is separate from #1056198 about the build-dependencies; this bug is caused because of the dependency on python3-distutils which is no longer in unstable. Best wishes, Julian
