[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#284218: libdb4.3++-dev: Dependency problems prevent install

[Leif W]

Package: libdb4.3++-dev
Version: 4.3.21-2
Severity: important


dselect has a dependency problem with this package.

Depends: libdb4.3++ (= 4.3.21-2), libdb4.2-dev (= 4.3.21-2)

libdb4.2-dev = 4.3.21-2 ?  Looks like a typo.

Furthermore, libdb4.2-dev conflicts with libdb-4.3-dev, which I assume 
is the real one required by libdb4.3++-dev.

This prevents the installation of libdb4.3++-dev.

Additionally, I don't know if this is the right packacge, but shouldn't 
multiple versions of libdb*-dev be able to coexist independently?  Some 
programs seem to require 4.2 or 4.1, and if I want to rebuild them from 
source, I can't, unless I uninstall one package and install another.  
Could you advise me: is this a bug and which package should I report it 
against if not this one?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-3_000
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages libdb4.3++-dev depends on:
ii  libdb4.2-dev                  4.2.52-17  Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii  libdb4.3++                    4.3.21-2   Berkeley v4.3 Database Libraries f