Bug #3135
[nonprism/webkit2gtk][nonprism/postfix]: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency
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Description
A dependency error is preventing systems from being upgraded (at least using nonprism repos)–
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency 'error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=69-64' required by webkit2gtk :: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=69-64' required by webkit2gtk' required by webkit2gtk :: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=69-64' required by webkit2gtk
:: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicui18n.so=69-64' required by webkit2gtk :: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=69-64' required by webkit2gtk
pacman -S icu resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=69-64' required by harfbuzz-icu :: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency 'libicuuc.so=69-64' required by postfix
Appears to be related to a change introduced between icu 69.1-1 -> 70.1-1.
Similar bug as reported in https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/3125
History
Updated by Drag0nFly over 2 years ago
It appears that an older version of “webkit2gtk” is still in the nonprism-repo. When using the version provided in extra, the dependency is resolved.
warning: webkit2gtk: local (2.34.2-1) is newer than nonprism (2.32.0-2.nonprism1)
pacman -sS ^webkit2gtk
nonprism/webkit2gtk 2.32.0-2.nonprism1 [installed: 2.34.2-1]
Web content engine for GTK, without geoclue2 support
nonprism/webkit2gtk-debug 2.32.0-2.nonprism1
Detached debugging symbols for webkit2gtk
extra/webkit2gtk 2.34.2-1 [installed]
Web content engine for GTK
Updated by bill-auger over 2 years ago
- Status changed from unconfirmed to info needed
- Subject changed from system upgrades broken – “icu” (70.1.-1) breaks dependencies towards libicui18n.so=69-64 & libicuuc.so=69-64 (webkit2gtk) to [nonprism/webkit2gtk][nonprism/postfix]: installing icu (70.1-1) breaks dependency
most likely, you just need to sync the database again, to see the new 'icu-compat' v69 - i just swapped 'nonprism/webkit2gtk' and 'libre/webkit2gtk' with no conflict in either direction - 'webkit2gtk' should pull in 'icu-compat' automatically, if that is not installed already
# pacman -Syy webkit2gtk
these 'icu' conflicts are a recurring maintenance task - there are permanent epic tickets for 'icu' dependents (x86_64 is #2047) - plz refer to that ticket in the future, especially if you can note any stuck packages, which do not have a linked sub-task yet
Updated by Drag0nFly over 2 years ago
I always sync before upgrading. Did another sync just now–
date
Sat 27 Nov 18:58:47 CET 2021
pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
nonprism 27.4 KiB 18.7 KiB/s 00:01 [##################################################################################] 100%
nonsystemd 38.1 KiB 143 KiB/s 00:00 [##################################################################################] 100%
libre 315.0 KiB 829 KiB/s 00:00 [##################################################################################] 100%
core 123.0 KiB 461 KiB/s 00:00 [##################################################################################] 100%
extra 1462.9 KiB 4.04 MiB/s 00:00 [##################################################################################] 100%
community 5.6 MiB 13.4 MiB/s 00:00 [##################################################################################] 100%
pcr
pacman -sS ^webkit2gtk
nonprism/webkit2gtk 2.32.0-2.nonprism1 [installed: 2.34.2-1]
Web content engine for GTK, without geoclue2 support
nonprism/webkit2gtk-debug 2.32.0-2.nonprism1
Detached debugging symbols for webkit2gtk
extra/webkit2gtk 2.34.2-1 [installed]
Web content engine for GTK
extra/webkit2gtk-4.1 2.34.2-1
Web content engine for GTK
extra/webkit2gtk-5.0 2.34.2-1
Web content engine for GTK
However, the package version for webkit2gtk is still at the older 2.32.0-2 version in nonprism.
I'll keep in mind the ticket you mention for this in the future, but again my problem was resolved by pulling the webkit2gtk version from extra.
It also appears that the webkit2gtk-4.1 package (see #3125) might also cause some extra confusion, as I had to get around a similar issue with this package earlier (which again led to the issue reported here). Not sure which approach would be 'correct', but it seems unfortunate that a version tag is attached to the package name itself...
Updated by bill-auger over 2 years ago
installing a libre package is not a solution when nonprism is enabled, only a work-around; and pacman will keep warning you about it - you may be satisfied with a quick fix; but others surely would not
no quick fix should be necessary though - there is no reason why you could not install nonprism/webkit2gtk now - perhaps you will need to install 'icu-compat' explicitly first; but i did not need to
# apcman -Syy icu-compat
it would be good to keep this open for a while, to see if anyone can confirm it as a reproducible bug
Updated by Drag0nFly over 2 years ago
I surely do not want a quick fix ;), but I had to get around it as there were nearly 80 packages in the upgrade queue.
Interesting observation about icu-compat – I noticed that package earlier, but hadn't tried installing it (seemed like a shot in the dark)
This was done now, and I reverted the webkit2gtk package back to its 2.32.0-2 version. (Why the 2.34 version is not in nonprism I am not 100% sure, but it can be due to the inclusion of geoclue2)
pacman -S webkit2gtk warning: downgrading package webkit2gtk (2.34.2-1 => 2.32.0-2.nonprism1) resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (1) webkit2gtk-2.32.0-2.nonprism1
I then reinstalled one of the packages which suffered breakage before (postfix)
pacman -S postfix warning: postfix-3.6.3-3 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (1) postfix-3.6.3-3 Total Installed Size: 4.35 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (1/1) checking keys in keyring [##################################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking package integrity [##################################################################################] 100% (1/1) loading package files [##################################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [##################################################################################] 100% (1/1) checking available disk space [##################################################################################] 100% :: Running pre-transaction hooks... (1/1) etckeeper: pre-transaction commit :: Processing package changes... (1/1) reinstalling postfix [##################################################################################] 100% :: Running post-transaction hooks... (1/3) Creating system user accounts... Two or more conflicting lines for users configured, ignoring. (2/3) Creating temporary files... (3/3) etckeeper: post-transaction commit
So I guess icu-compat should be a dependency somewhere, so that this is done automatically. But it's obviously nice to have a manual solution nonetheless.
Updated by bill-auger over 2 years ago
it could probably be part of 'base'; but it can be optional - the new sodeps mechanism should install it automatically when available and needed - that way, it can be cleanly uninstalled when no longer required (via pacman -Qdtq | pacman -Rs)
does your pacman see it at v69?
# pacman -Syys icu-compat
Updated by Drag0nFly over 2 years ago
pacman -Syys icu-compat
:: Synchronizing package databases...
nonprism 27.4 KiB 6.92 KiB/s 00:04 [##################################################################################] 100%
nonsystemd 38.1 KiB 44.2 KiB/s 00:01 [##################################################################################] 100%
libre 315.0 KiB 245 KiB/s 00:01 [##################################################################################] 100%
core 123.0 KiB 129 KiB/s 00:01 [##################################################################################] 100%
extra 1462.9 KiB 612 KiB/s 00:02 [##################################################################################] 100%
community 5.6 MiB 722 KiB/s 00:08 [##################################################################################] 100%
pcr 526.2 KiB 175 KiB/s 00:03 [##################################################################################] 100%
libre/icu-compat 69.1-1.parabola1 [installed]
International Components for Unicode library (compatibility libraries for the previous release)
libre/icu-compat-65 65.1-3.parabola3
International Components for Unicode library (compatibility libraries for the previous release)
libre/icu-compat-67 67.1-1.parabola1
International Components for Unicode library (compatibility libraries for the previous release)
libre/icu-compat-debug 67.1-1.parabola1
Detached debugging symbols for icu-compat
Updated by bill-auger over 2 years ago
- Assignee set to bill-auger
- Status changed from info needed to in progress