Bug#409665: gedit: Gedit 2.16.2-1 in experimental has missing dependencies

[Jack Malmostoso]

Package: gedit
Version: 2.16.2-1
Severity: important


Hi there,

I have upgraded gnome to the 2.16 branch present in experimental, and as
soon as I have upgraded Gedit wouldn't start but just die on the spot.
On the Gnome bugzilla this bug is reported as #351651.

Reading through the report, I have found that the break occurs on some
python modules. To fix the problem I have upgraded python-gnome2 to
experimental and it carried his own dependencies:

jack at nostromo:~$ sudo apt-get install -t experimental python-gnome2

Now gedit starts and works just fine.

Hope this helps, in case gnome 2.16 is released to Sid anytime soon.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gedit depends on:
ii  gconf2                     2.16.0-3      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gedit-common               2.16.2-1      light-weight text editor support f
ii  libart-2.0-2               2.3.17-1      Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libaspell15                0.60.4-4      GNU Aspell spell-checker runtime l
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.12.4-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                   1:2.4.32-1.1  Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                      2.3.6.ds1-11  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgconf2-4                2.16.0-3      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.0-4     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.12.9-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                2.16.0-2      The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0          2.14.0-2      A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeprint2.2-0         2.12.1-7      The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii  libgnomeprintui2.2-0       2.12.1-4      GNOME 2.2 print architecture User 
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.16.1-1      The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             1:2.16.3-4    GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.10.7-1      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtksourceview1.0-0      1.8.3-1       shared libraries for the GTK+ synt
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.14.8-5      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.0.3-5     X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.27.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  python                     2.4.4-2       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-glade2              2.10.3-1      GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gnome2-desktop      2.14.0-3      Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-gtk2                2.10.3-1      Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-support             0.5.6         automated rebuilding support for p
ii  python2.4                  2.4.4-2       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  scrollkeeper               0.3.14-12     A free electronic cataloging syste

gedit recommends no packages.

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