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

[Kees Cook]

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).

I see this during a build of rng-tools on Ubuntu natty:

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Install ESSENTIAL build dependencies (internal resolver)                     │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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 (5.10.1-16ubuntu1)
sed: already installed (4.2.1-7)
login: already installed (1:4.1.4.2-1ubuntu3)
sysvinit-utils: already installed (2.87dsf-4ubuntu19)
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 (2.12.1-0ubuntu8)
gcc: already installed (4:4.5.1-1ubuntu3 >= 4:4.4.3 is satisfied)
g++: already installed (4:4.5.1-1ubuntu3 >= 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)
Package installation not possible
Essential dependencies not satisfied; skipping rng-tools
Not cleaning session: cloned chroot in use
Keeping session: natty-amd64-27f66890-e388-47ec-844d-cac0b898aa36
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Finished at 20101105-1745
Build needed 00:00:00, 0k disc space
Could not spawn sbuild. Result is: None.


I assume "sysvinit: missing" is the problem, but that should be satisfied
by "sysvinit-utils":

17:47 root@(natty-amd64)gorgon# apt-get install sysvinit
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package sysvinit is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  upstart sysvinit-utils

E: Package 'sysvinit' has no installation candidate


Thanks,

-Kees



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Kees Cook                                            @debian.org