Iceweasel-13.0 WILL NOT UPGRADE on DEBIAN-SQUEEZE !!!!!

Brian Booth brianbth at gmail.com
Wed Jun 6 03:33:27 UTC 2012


Dear Debian Mozilla team,

Background info:
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  1:  I noticed this morning that Firefox had upgraded to version
13.0.  I upgraded my MS-Windows host, and then proceeded to do the
same for my Debian (Squeeze) pc.

  2:  Debian GNU/Linux - "SQUEEZE" host:  Earlier this year, I
discovered your team.  I subsequently added the following line to my
[/etc/apt/sources.list] file:

        deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ squeeze-backports iceweasel-release

       Please note:  I'd already added the squeeze-backports line - at
an earlier date.

  3:  Using the command; "aptitude -vvvvvvvv install -t
squeeze-backports iceweasel", I successfully upgraded to
Iceweasel-11.0.

  4:  When I noticed that Firefox had upgraded to version 12.0, I
successfully ran the commands:

           "aptitude -vvvvvvvv update"

       and then subsequently:

           "aptitude -vvvvvvvv full-upgrade"

       Iceweasel version 11.0 was then successfully upgraded to
Iceweasel version 12.0.

  5:  The above PROCESS FAILS for version 13.0.  THERE IS A DEPENDENCY
ISSUE !!!!

DEPENDENCY PROBLEM HIGHLIGHTED BY [aptitude]:
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  1:  At the time of writing:  Running the command; "aptitude
-vvvvvvvv update", successfully updates the cache.

  2:  At the time of writing:  Running the command; "aptitude
-vvvvvvvv full-upgrade", will give the following initial readout:

       "Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
Reading task descriptions...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libmozjs13d{a} libnspr4{ab} xulrunner-13.0{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  iceweasel
1 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 16.3 MB of archives. After unpacking 32.8 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libnspr4: Conflicts: libnspr4-0d (< 2:4.9-2~) but 4.8.6-1 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Remove the following packages:
1)     iceweasel

     Keep the following packages at their current version:
2)     libnspr4 [Not Installed]
3)     xulrunner-13.0 [Not Installed]



Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]"

  3:  Kind folk at Debian Mozilla team, the current upgrade to
Iceweasel version 13.0, for Debian GNU/Linux "Squeeze", is "no goer".

  4:  I tried [aptitude]'s first suggestion, and removed Iceweasel.
This, does not resolve the dependency issue if I try again.  I'm now
back to running the current stable package, version 3.5.16-15.

  5:  Are you able to investigate and sort the bug?

Kindest regards,
Brian.

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