[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 864824] [NEW] libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev is an empty package with broken-dependencies

[Max_E]

Public bug reported:

Procedure to reproduce:
Attempt to install libmono-windowsbase-cli-dev using "sudo apt-get install libmono-windowsbase-cli-dev"

Expected result:
The package will be installed and provide some development headers.

Actual result:
The installation fails with this error:
Some packages could not be installed. 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 information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev : Depends: libmono-windowsbase3.0-cil (= 1.0-2) but 2.6.7-5ubuntu3 is to be installed

A friend of mine encountered this problem when he was trying to use a
.NET app with Mono. He was using Ubuntu 11.04. I tried installing the
same package on my 10.10 installation, also from the repositories, and
encountered the same problem.

I did some investigation and here are my findings: libmono-windowsbase-
cil-dev is being built from the mono-uia source package. The resulting
package depends on a version of libmono-windowsbase3.0-cil which doesn't
exist (1.0-2, instead of 2.6.7-5ubuntu3 which is what is actually
available.) Furthermore, the package doesn't actually contain any files,
just a changelog and copyright information.

According to the online package information, these problems exist in Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick, and Natty:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev
http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/all/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev/filelist
http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev
http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/all/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev/filelist
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev
http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/all/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev/filelist

I have found someone else complaining about this one on the Internet, but he appears to have not found any fixes:
http://old.nabble.com/Mono-dev-demands-older,-specific-version-of-libmono-windowsbase-td31733346.html

It's possible that your packaging scripts are broken and producing bad
output. It's also possible that that libmono-windows-base-cil-dev
genuinely does not need to contain any files because there are no
development headers at all, but in that case why is it in the
repositories?

Anyway, thanks for your time.

** Affects: mono-uia (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev is an empty package with broken-
  dependencies

Status in “mono-uia” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Procedure to reproduce:
  Attempt to install libmono-windowsbase-cli-dev using "sudo apt-get install libmono-windowsbase-cli-dev"

  Expected result:
  The package will be installed and provide some development headers.

  Actual result:
  The installation fails with this error:
  Some packages could not be installed. 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 information may help to resolve the situation:
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev : Depends: libmono-windowsbase3.0-cil (= 1.0-2) but 2.6.7-5ubuntu3 is to be installed

  A friend of mine encountered this problem when he was trying to use a
  .NET app with Mono. He was using Ubuntu 11.04. I tried installing the
  same package on my 10.10 installation, also from the repositories, and
  encountered the same problem.

  I did some investigation and here are my findings: libmono-
  windowsbase-cil-dev is being built from the mono-uia source package.
  The resulting package depends on a version of libmono-
  windowsbase3.0-cil which doesn't exist (1.0-2, instead of
  2.6.7-5ubuntu3 which is what is actually available.) Furthermore, the
  package doesn't actually contain any files, just a changelog and
  copyright information.

  According to the online package information, these problems exist in Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick, and Natty:
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/all/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev/filelist
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/all/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev/filelist
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev
  http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/all/libmono-windowsbase-cil-dev/filelist

  I have found someone else complaining about this one on the Internet, but he appears to have not found any fixes:
  http://old.nabble.com/Mono-dev-demands-older,-specific-version-of-libmono-windowsbase-td31733346.html

  It's possible that your packaging scripts are broken and producing bad
  output. It's also possible that that libmono-windows-base-cil-dev
  genuinely does not need to contain any files because there are no
  development headers at all, but in that case why is it in the
  repositories?

  Anyway, thanks for your time.

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