#1839 Issue closed: Debian Package: add attr to Ubuntu dependencies

Labels: support / question, fixed / solved / done

marconett opened issue at 2018-06-21 13:55:

Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) Issue Template

  • Relax-and-Recover 2.4-git.3020.aa7b197.master / 2018-06-21
  • Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS x86_64

Brief description of the issue:

dpkg -i <package> after make deb fails with the following:

Selecting previously unselected package rear.
(Reading database ... 289777 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../rear_2.4-git.3020.aa7b197.master_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking rear (2.4-git.3020.aa7b197.master) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rear:
 rear depends on attr; however:
  Package attr is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package rear (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 rear

Work-around: apt-install attr
Solution: Add package attr to dependencies.

gdha commented at 2018-06-21 14:49:

The control file does contain it:

Depends: syslinux[!ppc64el], syslinux-common[!ppc64el], ethtool, ${shlibs:Depends}, lsb-release, iputils-ping, dosfstools, binutils, parted, openssl, gawk, attr, bc, ${misc:Depends}

Why wasn't it picked up?

marconett commented at 2018-06-21 15:13:

I looked into the DEBIAN/control file in the built package and the line indeed contains attr: Depends: syslinux, syslinux-common, ethtool, lsb-release, iputils-ping, dosfstools, binutils, parted, openssl, gawk, attr, bc

I now did the following: apt install attr; apt remove ethtool to see if it would pick up ethtool as a dependency. It did not, as I now get the error Package ethtool is not installed. when trying to install rear.

I'm not really familiar with the packages, so I'm not sure what else to try.

marconett commented at 2018-06-21 15:25:

Tried make deb and dpkg -i <package> on a fresh Ubuntu 16.04.3 box, same problem.

marconett commented at 2018-06-21 16:04:

okay, nevermind.. i never really noticed it, but dpkg -i doesn't resolve dependencies.

[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]