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Using backportpackage gives circular-ish dependency

Asked by Johnson S

I'm trying to use *backportpackage* to backport *htop*. The build fails because it needs *debhelper (>= 11)*. When I tried to backport *debhelper* it failed because it needs *dpkg-dev (>= 1.19.0.5~)*. When I tried to backport *dpkg* it failed because it needs *debhelper (>= 10)*.

I'm thinking/hoping I'm not using this tool correctly, but I'm not sure what I need to do get all the dependencies met.

The command I used:
backportpackage -u ppa:backports4/backports htop -w htop

These are the builds:

htop https://launchpad.net/~backports4/+archive/ubuntu/backports/+build/14492474
debhelper https://launchpad.net/~backports4/+archive/ubuntu/backports/+build/14492505
dpkg https://launchpad.net/~backports4/+archive/ubuntu/backports/+build/14492508

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Install them on the same dpkg command and it will satisfy the deps

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Johnson S (backports4) said : 		#2

I'm not sure what you mean by install, they are unbuilt.

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Johnson S (backports4) said : 		#3

EDIT: Pressed wrong button, did not mean to close.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

There is a PPA by Jonathon F having these versions, https://launchpad.net/~jonathonf/+archive/ubuntu/debhelper-11

Maybe you have to do some manual workaround instead of using the backportpackage tool.

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