I'm using simple-cdd to create a Debian cd with only the packages I need for a re/installation of my system, but I'm facing some difficulties, namely, of the list of packages that I want to be installed on the CD, and therefore installed on the system, there are some that are not present at the time debian-cd is called by simple-cdd. I've managed to isolate the issue in reprepro not solving the dependencies in a sensible manner.
For example, I have set terminator package to be installed on the cd using the myprofile.packages file, it is missing at the time debian-cd is called as can be seen on the build-debian-cd.log:
stdout: Finished: 841 packages placed
stdout: purging /home/braiam/laptop-cdd/tmp/extras
stdout: simple-cdd: extra files for simple-cdd
stdout: ERROR: missing required packages from profile list: network-manager-gnome terminator xfce4-appfinder xfce4-battery-plugin xfce4-panel xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin xfce4-session xfce4-settings xfwm4
sort_deps.amd64.log reports the following about terminator package:
Dependency tree of `terminator' ...
Depends: gconf2
Depends: python-dbus
Depends: python-gobject
Depends: python-gtk2 (>= 2.14.0)
Depends: python-vte
Depends: python <virt>
Recommends: python-gnome2 <virt>
Recommends: python-keybinder <virt>
Recommends: python-notify <virt>
Recommends: xdg-utils
Looking at list, line "terminator"
+ Trying to add terminator...
terminator Dep: gconf2 soft_depend 0
gconf2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
gconf2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
gconf2 not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
gconf2 Dep: gconf-service (= 3.2.6-4) soft_depend 0
gconf-service is included already, acceptable version 3.2.6-4
gconf2 Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
gconf2 Dep: libgconf-2-4 (>= 3.2.5) soft_depend 0
libgconf-2-4 is included already, acceptable version 3.2.6-4
gconf2 Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
gconf2 Dep: libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) soft_depend 0
libxml2 is included already, acceptable version 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1
gconf2 Dep: (OR default-dbus-session-bus dbus-session-bus ) soft_depend 0
default-dbus-session-bus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
dbus-session-bus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
default-dbus-session-bus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
default-dbus-session-bus not already installed
dbus-session-bus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
dbus-session-bus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
default-dbus-session-bus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
default-dbus-session-bus not already installed
dbus-session-bus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
dbus-session-bus not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
gconf2 failed, couldn't satisfy OR dep
gconf2 Dep: psmisc soft_depend 0
psmisc not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
psmisc not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
psmisc not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
psmisc Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
psmisc Dep: libselinux1 (>= 1.32) soft_depend 0
libselinux1 is included already, acceptable version 2.6-3
psmisc Dep: libtinfo5 (>= 6) soft_depend 0
libtinfo5 is included already, acceptable version 6.0+20160917-1
gconf2 failed, couldn't satisfy OR dep
gconf2 Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
terminator failed, couldn't satisfy OR dep
terminator Dep: python-dbus soft_depend 0
python-dbus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-dbus not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-dbus not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-dbus Dep: python (<< 2.8) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-dbus Dep: python (>= 2.7~) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-dbus Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-dbus Dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
python-dbus Dep: libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14) soft_depend 0
libdbus-1-3 is included already, acceptable version 1.10.12-1
python-dbus Dep: libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78) soft_depend 0
libdbus-glib-1-2 is included already, acceptable version 0.108-1
python-dbus Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
terminator failed, couldn't satisfy OR dep
terminator Dep: python-gobject soft_depend 0
python-gobject not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gobject not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gobject not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-gobject Dep: python-gi (>= 3.22.0-1) soft_depend 0
python-gi not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gi not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gi (>= 3.22.0-1) not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-gi Dep: python (<< 2.8) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gi Dep: python (>= 2.7~) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gi Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gi Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gi Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
python-gi Dep: libffi6 (>= 3.0.4) soft_depend 0
libffi6 is included already, acceptable version 3.2.1-6
python-gi Dep: libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.44.0) soft_depend 0
libgirepository-1.0-1 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
libgirepository-1.0-1 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.44.0) not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
libgirepository-1.0-1 Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
libgirepository-1.0-1 Dep: libffi6 (>= 3.0.4) soft_depend 0
libffi6 is included already, acceptable version 3.2.1-6
libgirepository-1.0-1 Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.50.0) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
python-gi Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
python-gi Dep: gir1.2-glib-2.0 (>= 1.39.0) soft_depend 0
gir1.2-glib-2.0 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
gir1.2-glib-2.0 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
gir1.2-glib-2.0 (>= 1.39.0) not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
gir1.2-glib-2.0 Dep: libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.45.4) soft_depend 0
libgirepository-1.0-1 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
libgirepository-1.0-1 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
OR relationship already satisfied by parent libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.45.4)
gir1.2-glib-2.0 Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.50.0) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
python-gobject Dep: python-gobject-2 soft_depend 0
python-gobject-2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gobject-2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gobject-2 not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-gobject-2 Dep: python (>= 2.7) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gobject-2 Dep: python (<< 2.8) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gobject-2 Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gobject-2 Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
python-gobject-2 Dep: libffi6 (>= 3.0.4) soft_depend 0
libffi6 is included already, acceptable version 3.2.1-6
python-gobject-2 Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
terminator failed, couldn't satisfy OR dep
terminator Dep: python-gtk2 (>= 2.14.0) soft_depend 0
python-gtk2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gtk2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gtk2 (>= 2.14.0) not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-gtk2 Dep: python (<< 2.8) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gtk2 Dep: python (>= 2.7) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gtk2 Dep: python-numpy (>= 1:1.10.0~b1) soft_depend 0
python-numpy not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-numpy not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-numpy (>= 1:1.10.0~b1) not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-numpy Dep: python (<< 2.8) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-numpy Dep: python (>= 2.7~) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-numpy Dep: python2.7 soft_depend 0
python2.7 is included already, acceptable version 2.7.12-7
python-numpy Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-numpy Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-numpy Dep: (OR libblas3 libblas3 ) soft_depend 0
libblas3 is included already, acceptable version 3.6.1-2
python-numpy Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
python-numpy Dep: (OR liblapack3 liblapack3 ) soft_depend 0
liblapack3 is included already, acceptable version 3.6.1-2
python-gtk2 Dep: python-numpy soft_depend 0
python-numpy not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-numpy not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
OR relationship already satisfied by parent python-numpy
python-gtk2 Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gtk2 Dep: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4) soft_depend 0
libatk1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.22.0-1
python-gtk2 Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
python-gtk2 Dep: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) soft_depend 0
libcairo2 is included already, acceptable version 1.14.6-1.1
python-gtk2 Dep: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11) soft_depend 0
libfontconfig1 is included already, acceptable version 2.11.0-6.7
python-gtk2 Dep: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) soft_depend 0
libfreetype6 is included already, acceptable version 2.6.3-3+b1
python-gtk2 Dep: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) soft_depend 0
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.36.0-1
python-gtk2 Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
python-gtk2 Dep: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0) soft_depend 0
libgtk2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.24.31-1
python-gtk2 Dep: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0) soft_depend 0
libpango-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
python-gtk2 Dep: libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.21.4) soft_depend 0
libpangocairo-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
python-gtk2 Dep: libpangoft2-1.0-0 (>= 1.21.4) soft_depend 0
libpangoft2-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
python-gtk2 Dep: python-cairo (>= 1.0.2-1.1) soft_depend 0
python-cairo not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-cairo not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-cairo (>= 1.0.2-1.1) not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-cairo Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
python-cairo Dep: libcairo2 (>= 1.8.6) soft_depend 0
libcairo2 is included already, acceptable version 1.14.6-1.1
python-cairo Dep: python (<< 2.8) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-cairo Dep: python (>= 2.7~) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-cairo Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-cairo Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-gtk2 Dep: python-gobject-2 (>= 2.21.3) soft_depend 0
python-gobject-2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gobject-2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
OR relationship already satisfied by parent python-gobject-2 (>= 2.21.3)
terminator failed, couldn't satisfy OR dep
terminator Dep: python-vte soft_depend 0
python-vte not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-vte not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-vte not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-vte Dep: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4) soft_depend 0
libatk1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.22.0-1
python-vte Dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
python-vte Dep: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) soft_depend 0
libcairo2 is included already, acceptable version 1.14.6-1.1
python-vte Dep: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11) soft_depend 0
libfontconfig1 is included already, acceptable version 2.11.0-6.7
python-vte Dep: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) soft_depend 0
libfreetype6 is included already, acceptable version 2.6.3-3+b1
python-vte Dep: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) soft_depend 0
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.36.0-1
python-vte Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
python-vte Dep: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.20.0) soft_depend 0
libgtk2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.24.31-1
python-vte Dep: libncurses5 (>= 6) soft_depend 0
libncurses5 is included already, acceptable version 6.0+20160917-1
python-vte Dep: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0) soft_depend 0
libpango-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
python-vte Dep: libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0) soft_depend 0
libpangocairo-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
python-vte Dep: libpangoft2-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0) soft_depend 0
libpangoft2-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
python-vte Dep: libtinfo5 (>= 6) soft_depend 0
libtinfo5 is included already, acceptable version 6.0+20160917-1
python-vte Dep: libvte9 (>= 1:0.24.0) soft_depend 0
libvte9 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
libvte9 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
libvte9 (>= 1:0.24.0) not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
libvte9 Dep: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4) soft_depend 0
libatk1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.22.0-1
libvte9 Dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) soft_depend 0
libc6 is included already, acceptable version 2.24-7
libvte9 Dep: libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) soft_depend 0
libcairo2 is included already, acceptable version 1.14.6-1.1
libvte9 Dep: libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11) soft_depend 0
libfontconfig1 is included already, acceptable version 2.11.0-6.7
libvte9 Dep: libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) soft_depend 0
libfreetype6 is included already, acceptable version 2.6.3-3+b1
libvte9 Dep: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) soft_depend 0
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.36.0-1
libvte9 Dep: libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3) soft_depend 0
libglib2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.50.2-2
libvte9 Dep: libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0) soft_depend 0
libgtk2.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 2.24.31-1
libvte9 Dep: libncurses5 (>= 6) soft_depend 0
libncurses5 is included already, acceptable version 6.0+20160917-1
libvte9 Dep: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0) soft_depend 0
libpango-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
libvte9 Dep: libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0) soft_depend 0
libpangocairo-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
libvte9 Dep: libpangoft2-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0) soft_depend 0
libpangoft2-1.0-0 is included already, acceptable version 1.40.3-3
libvte9 Dep: libtinfo5 (>= 6) soft_depend 0
libtinfo5 is included already, acceptable version 6.0+20160917-1
libvte9 Dep: libx11-6 soft_depend 0
libx11-6 is included already, acceptable version 2:1.6.3-1
libvte9 Dep: libxext6 soft_depend 0
libxext6 is included already, acceptable version 2:1.3.3-1
libvte9 Dep: libvte-common (= 1:0.28.2-5) soft_depend 0
libvte-common not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
libvte-common not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
libvte-common (= 1:0.28.2-5) not already installed
OR relationship not already satisfied, looking at alternatives in order, check_backports 0
python-vte Dep: libx11-6 soft_depend 0
libx11-6 is included already, acceptable version 2:1.6.3-1
python-vte Dep: libxext6 soft_depend 0
libxext6 is included already, acceptable version 2:1.3.3-1
python-vte Dep: python (>= 2.7) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-vte Dep: python (<< 2.8) soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
python-vte Dep: python-gtk2 soft_depend 0
python-gtk2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
python-gtk2 not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
OR relationship already satisfied by parent python-gtk2
python-vte Dep: libvte-common (= 1:0.28.2-5) soft_depend 0
libvte-common not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
libvte-common not included in a useful version, check_backports 0
OR relationship already satisfied by parent libvte-common (= 1:0.28.2-5)
terminator failed, couldn't satisfy OR dep
terminator Dep: python soft_depend 0
python is included already, acceptable version 2.7.11-2
Can't add terminator ... dependency problem.
As can be seen, the amount of packages to check is astounding... reaching unreasonable levels, to solve the dependencies of a single package. I've checked the Troubleshooting section of the how-to which states:
If the build ends with an error such as:
ERROR: missing required packages from profile MyProfile: mplayer ...To find you why this package could not be added refer to:
tmp/cd-build/$dist/sort_deps.$arch.logYou may need to explicitly add indirect dependencies. For example, mplayer depends on mplayer-skin. Except there is no mplayer-skin package. There is, however, an mplayer-skin-blue package that provides mplayer-skin and satisfies the dependency. Same thing with some updated packages that provide a number of older packages such as the gtk2-engines-industrial package which is actually included in the gtk2-engines package. If you can determine which package you need, add it to the *.downloads configuration file of packages to be included on the cd. (note: provides should be handled more-or-less correctly as of simple-cdd 0.3.6) (note to the note: not so much. in one example, xpdf-utils is no longer a real package. It is a transitional package to poppler-utils. In upgrading the installer from lenny to squeeze, this kept holding me back until I explicitly added all the second level depends and the package causing the problem finally popped up in the error message. So to troubleshoot this, you need to start adding all the packages apt adds automatically to the *.packages files until you find a package that depends upon a transitional package.)
If simple-cdd does not handle the dependencies of a self build package correctly, check it with lintian first. It took me two days to figure out one of my packages which worked seamlessly with dpkg/apt/reprepro had a mis-formatted header.
Apparently, I should be able to solve it by identifying the packages I need and add it to the .downloads file, but:
- I'm unsure what's the criteria.
- I tried the shotgun approach, adding all the packages that couldn't be found. That didn't solve the original problem and brought others.
- It claims that some problems are due mis-formatted headers, so I should use lintian first, however these packages are installed from Debian's mirror, which normally don't have these kind of problems, but either way I don't know how to confirm it.
- Removing the packages allows the CD to be built, but trying a higher dependency doesn't help. I changed those packages for task-xfce-desktop with more or less the same results.
