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

[Loïc Minier]

        Hey

On Sat, Nov 06, 2010, Roger Leigh wrote:
> 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.

 I tried applying the patch on top of 0.60.4 which I think is posterior
 to this comment, but I got:
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Install core build dependencies (internal resolver)                          │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Build-Depends: build-essential, fakeroot
Checking for already installed dependencies...
build-essential: already installed (11.5)
fakeroot: already installed (1.14.4-1ubuntu1)
Checking for dependency conflicts...
Installing positive dependencies: 
Removing negative dependencies: 
Checking correctness of dependencies...
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Install dpkg build dependencies (internal resolver)                          │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Build-Depends: base-files, base-passwd, bash, coreutils, dash, debianutils, diffutils, dpkg, e2fsprogs, findutils, grep, gzip, hostname, ncurses-base, ncurses-bin, perl-base, sed, login, sysvinit-utils, sysvinit, tar, bsdutils, mount, util-linux, libc6-dev | libc-dev, gcc (>= 4:4.4.3), g++ (>= 4:4.4.3), make, dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.5), debhelper (>= 6.0.7), pkg-config, gettext (>= 0.18), po4a (>= 0.33.1), libncursesw5-dev, zlib1g-dev (>= 1:1.1.3-19.1), libbz2-dev, flex, libselinux1-dev (>= 1.28-4), libtimedate-perl, libio-string-perl
Checking for already installed dependencies...
base-files: already installed (5.0.0ubuntu25)
base-passwd: already installed (3.5.22)
bash: already installed (4.1-2ubuntu4)
coreutils: already installed (8.5-1ubuntu3)
dash: already installed (0.5.5.1-7ubuntu1)
debianutils: already installed (3.4.1)
diffutils: already installed (1:3.0-1)
dpkg: already installed (1.15.8.5ubuntu1)
e2fsprogs: already installed (1.41.12-1ubuntu2)
findutils: already installed (4.4.2-1ubuntu1)
grep: already installed (2.6.3-3)
gzip: already installed (1.3.12-9ubuntu1.1)
hostname: already installed (3.04ubuntu1)
ncurses-base: already installed (5.7+20100626-0ubuntu1)
ncurses-bin: already installed (5.7+20100626-0ubuntu1)
perl-base: already installed (5.10.1-15ubuntu2)
sed: already installed (4.2.1-7)
login: already installed (1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3)
sysvinit-utils: already installed (2.87dsf-4ubuntu18)
sysvinit: missing
tar: already installed (1.23-2)
bsdutils: already installed (1:2.17.2-0ubuntu1)
mount: already installed (2.17.2-0ubuntu1)
util-linux: already installed (2.17.2-0ubuntu1)
libc6-dev: already installed (2.12.1-0ubuntu7)
gcc: already installed (4:4.5.1-1ubuntu2 >= 4:4.4.3 is satisfied)
g++: already installed (4:4.5.1-1ubuntu2 >= 4:4.4.3 is satisfied)
make: already installed (3.81-8)
dpkg-dev: already installed (1.15.8.5ubuntu1 >= 1.13.5 is satisfied)
debhelper: missing
Using default version 8.0.0ubuntu1
pkg-config: missing
gettext: missing
Using default version 0.18.1.1-1ubuntu2
po4a: missing
Using default version 0.40.1-1
libncursesw5-dev: missing
zlib1g-dev: missing
Using default version 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3ubuntu1
libbz2-dev: missing
flex: missing
libselinux1-dev: missing
Using default version 2.0.96-1
libtimedate-perl: already installed (1.2000-1)
libio-string-perl: missing
Checking for dependency conflicts...
E: Package 'sysvinit' has no installation candidate
Installing positive dependencies: sysvinit debhelper pkg-config gettext po4a libncursesw5-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev flex libselinux1-dev libio-string-perl
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Package 'sysvinit' has no installation candidate
apt-get failed.
Package installation failed
Not removing build depends: cloned chroot in use
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  Cheers,
-- 
Loïc Minier