Bug#469589: pbuilder-satisfydepends fails to satisfy depends but classic works

[Noah Slater]

Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.178
Severity: normal

pbuilder-satisfydepends fails to satisfy the dependancies of phenny:

  http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/python-apps/packages/phenny/trunk/?op=log

The ouput looks like:

  Building tag database...
  The following packages are BROKEN:
    pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    bsdmainutils{a} cdbs{a} debhelper{a} file{a} gettext{a} gettext-base{a}
    groff-base{a} help2man{a} html2text{a} intltool-debian{a} libgomp1{a}
    libmagic1{a} libssl0.9.8{a} man-db{a} mime-support{a} po-debconf{a}
    python{a} python-minimal{a} python-support{a} python2.4{a}
    python2.4-minimal{a}
  0 packages upgraded, 21 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0B/13.9MB of archives. After unpacking 40.5MB will be used.
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    pbuilder-satisfydepends-dummy: Depends: python (>= 2.5) but 2.4.4-6 is to be installed.

The following works:

  PBUILDERSATISFYDEPENDSCMD="/usr/lib/pbuilder/pbuilder-satisfydepends-classic"

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.3-bytemark-uml-2
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages pbuilder depends on:
ii  cdebootstrap                  0.4.4      Bootstrap a Debian system
ii  coreutils                     5.97-5.3   The GNU core utilities
ii  debianutils                   2.28.3     Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  debootstrap                   1.0.8      Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii  gcc                           4:4.2.2-2  The GNU C compiler
ii  wget                          1.10.2-3   retrieves files from the web

Versions of packages pbuilder recommends:
ii  cowdancer                     0.44       Copy-on-write directory tree utili
ii  devscripts                    2.10.16    scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  fakeroot                      1.9.3      Gives a fake root environment
ii  sudo                          1.6.9p12-1 Provide limited super user privile

-- no debconf information

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Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/>