[squeak-dev] squeak-vm for debian sarge requires newer version of libc6 and libice6

[Adrian Schmitt-2]

Hi,

I was not able to install the squeak-vm on debian sarge.

I found a debian package:

http://ftp.squeak.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386/devel/squeak-vm_3.9.8-5_i386.deb

I checked dependencies manually before installing - It turned out
binfmt-support was missing, so I installed it:

$ aptitude install binfmt-support

And then the package:

$ dpkg -i squeak-vm_3.9.8-5_i386.deb
...
Unpacking squeak-vm (from squeak-vm_3.9.8-5_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of squeak-vm:
 squeak-vm depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6); however:
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge6.
 squeak-vm depends on libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0); however:
  Version of libice6 on system is 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7.
dpkg: error processing squeak-vm (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 squeak-vm


So libc6 seems too old, 2.3.2 is older than 2.3.6 - and libice6 the
same, although I don't know how 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7 compares to
1:1.0.0

But my sarge system is updated and upgraded. So it seems the package
depends on libraries that are not sarge standard? Or is my sarge
package system in a defective state? I did my best to keep it
standard.

What could I do? Can someone provide an older package before
squeak-vm_3.9.8-5_i386.deb, so I can try if dependencies are met?

This is a message from Matej Kosik in 2007, who builds packages for debian:

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2007-January/112360.html

And another one:

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/2007-November/122494.html

I also followed the sources.list way described here:

http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3616

But I replaced "stable" with "sarge" in sources.list:

deb     http://ftp.squeak.org/debian/ sarge main
deb-src http://ftp.squeak.org/debian/ sarge main

Same result:

$ aptitude install squeak-vm
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed
E: Unable to resolve some dependencies!
Some packages had unmet dependencies.  This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  squeak-vm: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) but 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge6 is installed.
             Depends: libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0) but 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge7
is installed.

(I also asked this before in comp.lang.smalltalk:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.smalltalk/browse_thread/thread/2e2f89176b3b0419
)


So what could I do?

Thank you
Adrian