Bug#649190: pbuilder: create fails with a package with two versions in a distribution

[Thorsten Glaser]

reassign 649190 debootstrap
thanks

Teemu Ikonen dixit:

>Building dependency tree...
>You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
>The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> perl : Depends: perl-modules (>= 5.14.2-5) but 5.12.4-6 is installed
>E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

This is probably a leftover from the perl transition and/or debootstrap.

>Indeed there seems to be two versions of perl-modules in sid at the moment:

Yes, there’s a transition ongoing.

>IMHO one should be able to create pbuilder roots at any time, hence severity
>important. Not sure if the bug is in the archive or in pbuilder though.

It’s well known that debootstrap does not handle that. I think, in your
case, even though the error message occurs after the debootstrap part,
the problem lies with it. Tentatively reassigning. (Yes, it’s a PITA.)

That being said, it is NOT possible to create a _sid_ chroot at any
given time, by design. You ought to be able to create a _testing_
chroot at _almost_ any given time, then upgrade from there, though.

bye,
//mirabilos
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