circular dependencies in erlang-base and erlang-base-hipe when installing?

[Eric Liang]

Hi all,
As I failed to get the erlang-base-dbgsym package by apt-get( my os is
ubuntu 9.10 ):

    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2010-May/219516.html

I tried to build packages with debug symbols by myself as the wiki said:

    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash#Prior%20Ubuntu%20versions

The operation I do is:

    sunny at wheel:~/commands$ sudo ./install_debug_info erlang
    sunny at wheel:~/commands$ cat install_debug_info
    #!/bin/sh

    PKG=$1
    test -z $PKG && echo "you should specify the package" && exit 1

    apt-get build-dep $PKG

    test $? -ne 0 && echo "Invalid package name: $PKG, you can use
    command: dpkg --search <program> to get the package" && exit 1

    echo "Install debug info for package: $PKG"

    mkdir -p $PKG.dbg

    cd $PKG.dbg

    export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="debug nostrip noopt"
    fakeroot apt-get source -b $PKG

    debi *.changes

    cd -

But it fails with an error at the last line:

    debi: debpkg -i failed

I rerun the last command by hand:

    sunny at wheel:~/commands/erlang.dbg$ sudo debi
    erlang_13.b.1-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1_amd64.changes > debi.out
    [sudo] password for sunny:
    dpkg: considering removing erlang-base-hipe in favour of erlang-base ...
    dpkg: yes, will remove erlang-base-hipe in favour of erlang-base.
    dpkg: considering removing erlang-base in favour of erlang-base-hipe ...
    erlang-base is not properly installed - ignoring any dependencies on it.
    dpkg: yes, will remove erlang-base in favour of erlang-base-hipe.
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of erlang-src:
     erlang-src depends on erlang-base (>= 1:13.b.1-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1) |
    erlang-base-hipe (>= 1:13.b.1-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1); however:
      Package erlang-base is not installed.
      Package erlang-base-hipe is not installed.
     erlang-src depends on erlang-base (<< 1:13.b.1-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1.0) |
    erlang-base-hipe (<< 1:13.b.1-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1.0); however:
      Package erlang-base is not installed.
      Package erlang-base-hipe is not installed.
    dpkg: error processing erlang-src (--install):
     dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

And maybe you'll notice that the erlang-base and erlang-base-hipe
removed the other, which leads to both are removed and then those
packages depend on them can not be installed.

Would anyone can help me fix this? or any other advices?

Thanks,
Eric
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