[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#602571: Bug#602571: cannot build due to ESSENTIAL dep phase

[Roger Leigh]

On Fri, Nov 05, 2010 at 05:55:34PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Package: sbuild
> Version: 0.60.2-1
> Severity: normal
> User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> Usertags: origin-ubuntu natty
> 
> It seems that the ESSENTIAL dep resolution breaks me (at least on Ubuntu).
> I had to "exit 1" from install_essential() to restore my ability to build
> (0.60.0 was working fine).

That attached patch is a crude attempt to find and eliminate
provided virtual packages before we try to install them.
If you could try it (against current git master), that would
be great.

I could still do with the debug output and other tests from
my earlier mails, though.


Thanks,
Roger

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