On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:08:04 -0400 Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote:
> Andy Wood wrote: > > Is anybody else being hit by a problem with openssh-server after > > the 1:10.0p1-2 migration into testing the other day? > > > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > > openssh-server : Depends: openssh-client (= 1:9.9p2-2) but > > 1:10.0p1-2 is to be installed > > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > E: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide > > additional context: Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two > > conflicting decisions: 1. openssh-server:amd64=1:9.9p2-2 is > > selected for install 2. openssh-server:amd64=1:9.9p2-2 Depends > > openssh-client (= 1:9.9p2-2) but none of the choices are > > installable: [no choices] > > That's testing: sometimes it's broken. Looks like a timing issue > which will resolve itself when 1:10.0p2-2 is uploaded. In the > meantime, 1:10.0p1-2 is available. > > You should be prepared for things like this if you run testing; > it's not meant for daily use. > I think it is unusual, things don't normally move to testing until they have functioned reasonably well in unstable for a while. It is unstable which normally has a short list of non-upgradable things, though occasionally it's a long list. I also think the whole point of testing is to be pushed hard in daily use, in order to identify the bugs holding up the next release. Nobody wants the new stable to have received only limited and cautious testing before release. -- Joe
