When installing ktorrent-dbgsym, adept wants to install gnome packages

emilio@kiko:~$ aptitude show ktorrent-dbgsym | grep Depends
Depends: ktorrent (= 2.2~rc1-0ubuntu1)

So it doesn't seem to be a dbgsym issue...
That's in Gutsy, if you're in Gutsy, please run that command, and put here the output.

Also, did you have ktorrent installed before installing the -dbgsym package?

Yes, I did have ktorrent installed. And I'm not in Gutsy, I'm running Feisty. Anyway, I ran the command (just in case) and I did
get a similar, but not quite identical output:

tine@durumba:~$ aptitude show ktorrent-dbgsym | grep Depends
Depends: ktorrent (= 2.1-0ubuntu2)

Interlude... (I decided to check the behavior of adept when installing other stuff)

Uh-oh. Happens with other packages too.

When I tried to install adept-manager-dbgsym in apt-get, I told me the commit would break packages, too, because a newer version of adept-manager is required. I guess I understand what you meant by "That's in Gutsy" - those dbgsym packages are probably for Gutsy, Right?

Now I think it happens only with dbgsym packages which are meant for Gutsy (or require a newer version of its "mother package" than Feisty repositories provides). I could find only two - Adept-manager-dbgsym and ktorrent-dbgsym. It tells me the commit would break packages; and when I pick undo, 23 packages (on the picture-list) are automagically added to the instalation queue.

Anyway - This problem started today (maybe after I installed KDE 3.5.7; I'm not sure). It could be an issue on my machine, but I don't really know how to check. Oddly enough adept always starts with an empty instalation queue.

Tine

No, you have the Feisty debug symbol repository. That's ok.

Try to simply update the system, without installing any dbgsym package, and see if it tries to install those gnome libraries (to see if it's a dgbsym problem or not).

There are no updates pending (the "full Upgrade" button is greyed out, too), so I tried apt-get upgrade. Confirmed previous results - no upgrades pending.
I fetched updates in adept, and there still aren't any upgrades pending.

Just for the heck of it I tried to recreate the problem one more time... and after the update the ktorrent-dbgsym and adept-manager-dbgsym packages still break other packages (though I've no idea which packages), adept does not try to install a bunch of gnome packages. I guess it was just a flux, mended by fetching the updates.

So I guess this is not a bug after all. Sorry for the unnecessary work I've caused.

Tine

In such case I'm closing this report. Please, don't hesitate to reopen it if you need to.

Regards