Bug#629773: iceape: FTBFS: unsatisfiable build-dependency: dpkg-dev (<= 1.14.7) but 1.16.0.3 is to be installed

[Mike Hommey]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 05:04:23PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> Source: iceape
> Version: 2.0.14-2
> Severity: serious
> Tags: wheezy sid
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20110607 qa-ftbfs
> Justification: FTBFS on amd64
> 
> Hi,
> 
> During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
> amd64.
> 
> Relevant part:
> > ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
> > │ Install iceape build dependencies (apt-based resolver)                       │
> > └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
> > 
> > Installing build dependencies
> > Reading package lists...
> > Building dependency tree...
> > Reading state information...
> > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> > or been moved out of Incoming.
> > The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> > 
> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> >  sbuild-build-depends-iceape-dummy : Depends: dpkg-dev (<= 1.14.7) but 1.16.0.3 is to be installed
> > E: Broken packages

The build dependency is:
dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19), dpkg-dev (<= 1.14.7) | dpkg-dev (>= 1.14.11)

It used to work. Is that supposed to fail, now?

Mike