Subject: Bug#673939: zlib1g-dev: version 1:1.2.7.dfsg-7 requires an uninstallable dependency (zlib1g (= 1:1.2.7.dfsg-4))

From: Sophoklis Goumas <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:14:02 +0300

Package: zlib1g-dev
Version: 1:1.2.7.dfsg-4
Severity: important

When trying to install zlib1g-dev, apt fails after reporting this:

....
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of zlib1g-dev:i386:
 zlib1g-dev:i386 depends on zlib1g (= 1:1.2.7.dfsg-4); however:
  Version of zlib1g:i386 on system is 1:1.2.7.dfsg-7.
....

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

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages zlib1g-dev depends on:
ii  libc6-dev [libc-dev]  2.13-32
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.7.dfsg-7

zlib1g-dev recommends no packages.

zlib1g-dev suggests no packages.

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