Package will not install because of "unmet dependencies"

sylpheed-claws-gtk2 should have been removed from the gutsy archive:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sylpheed-claws-gtk2/+bug/122344

I'm subscribing motu-uvf to have their opinion on this possible fix. Its not elegant but will permit the unaware user to install claws-mail without problems (only drawback is that it leaves the transitional package installed on the user's machine).

Installing the new package is indeed succesfull:

cesare@norsetto:~/claws-mail$ sudo apt-get install -s sylpheed-claws-gtk2
[sudo] password for cesare:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  claws-mail libcompfaceg1 libetpan11 libgail-common libgail18 libglade2-0
  libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomecups1.0-1
  libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0
  libgnomeprintui2.2-common liblockfile1 libpisock9
Suggested packages:
  claws-mail-doc jpilot pilot-link kpilot gnome-pilot evolution sylpheed
Recommended packages:
  claws-mail-i18n metamail claws-mail-tools gedit gnome-icon-theme
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  claws-mail libcompfaceg1 libetpan11 libgail-common libgail18 libglade2-0
  libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomecups1.0-1
  libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0
  libgnomeprintui2.2-common liblockfile1 libpisock9 sylpheed-claws-gtk2
0 upgraded, 16 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Inst libcompfaceg1 (1:1.5.2-4 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst liblockfile1 (1.06.2 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libetpan11 (0.49-3 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgnomecups1.0-1 (0.2.2-5ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgnomeprint2.2-data (2.18.2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgnomeprint2.2-0 (2.18.2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgail18 (1.20.0-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgail-common (1.20.0-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libglade2-0 (1:2.6.2-1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgnomecanvas2-common (2.20.0-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgnomecanvas2-0 (2.20.0-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgnomeprintui2.2-common (2.18.1-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libgnomeprintui2.2-0 (2.18.1-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst libpisock9 (0.12.2-9ubuntu3 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Inst claws-mail (2.10.0-3ubuntu3.1 localhost)
Inst sylpheed-claws-gtk2 (2.10.0-3ubuntu3.1 localhost)
Conf libcompfaceg1 (1:1.5.2-4 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf liblockfile1 (1.06.2 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libetpan11 (0.49-3 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgnomecups1.0-1 (0.2.2-5ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgnomeprint2.2-data (2.18.2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgnomeprint2.2-0 (2.18.2-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgail18 (1.20.0-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgail-common (1.20.0-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libglade2-0 (1:2.6.2-1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgnomecanvas2-common (2.20.0-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgnomecanvas2-0 (2.20.0-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgnomeprintui2.2-common (2.18.1-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libgnomeprintui2.2-0 (2.18.1-0ubuntu1 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf libpisock9 (0.12.2-9ubuntu3 Ubuntu:7.10/gutsy)
Conf claws-mail (2.10.0-3ubuntu3.1 localhost)
Conf sylpheed-claws-gtk2 (2.10.0-3ubuntu3.1 localhost)

I'm not sure this is SRU worthy.

Will this not lead to failed dist-upgrades?
If it won't, than I agree, the fix is anyhow trivial.

claws-mail (3.3.0-1ubuntu4) hardy; urgency=low

  * Upstream dropped claws-mail-clamav, so the sylpheed-claws-gtk2-clamav
    compat package should be dropped as well.

 -- Steve Langasek < <email address hidden>> Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:05:39 +0000