Bug#1034694: gnome-core: Cannot install due to pipewire-audio dependency

[Witold Baryluk]

Package: gnome-core
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
X-Debbugs-Cc: witold....@gmail.com

Dear Maintainer,

root@debian:~# sudo apt install gnome-core -V
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
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:
gnome-core : Depends: pipewire-audio but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@debian:~#




-- System Information:
Debian Release: 12.0
APT prefers testing-security
APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'bookworm'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.3.0-rc7 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii adwaita-icon-theme 43-1
ii at-spi2-core 2.46.0-5
pn baobab <none>
pn dconf-cli <none>
ii dconf-gsettings-backend 0.40.0-4
pn eog <none>
pn evince <none>
pn evolution-data-server <none>
ii fonts-cantarell 0.303.1-1
pn gdm3 <none>
pn gkbd-capplet <none>
ii glib-networking 2.74.0-4
pn gnome-backgrounds <none>
pn gnome-bluetooth-sendto <none>
pn gnome-calculator <none>
pn gnome-characters <none>
pn gnome-contacts <none>
pn gnome-control-center <none>
pn gnome-disk-utility <none>
pn gnome-font-viewer <none>
ii gnome-keyring 42.1-1+b2
pn gnome-logs <none>
pn gnome-menus <none>
pn gnome-online-accounts <none>
pn gnome-session <none>
pn gnome-settings-daemon <none>
pn gnome-shell <none>
pn gnome-shell-extensions <none>
pn gnome-software <none>
pn gnome-sushi <none>
pn gnome-system-monitor <none>
pn gnome-terminal | gnome-console <none>
pn gnome-text-editor <none>
ii gnome-themes-extra 3.28-2
pn gnome-user-docs <none>
pn gnome-user-share <none>
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 43.0-1
pn gstreamer1.0-packagekit <none>
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 1.22.0-3
ii gstreamer1.0-plugins-good 1.22.0-5
ii gvfs-backends 1.50.3-1
ii gvfs-fuse 1.50.3-1
ii libatk-adaptor 2.46.0-5
ii libcanberra-pulse 0.30-10
ii libglib2.0-bin 2.74.6-2
ii libpam-gnome-keyring 42.1-1+b2
pn libproxy1-plugin-gsettings <none>
pn libproxy1-plugin-webkit <none>
ii librsvg2-common 2.54.5+dfsg-1
pn nautilus <none>
pn pipewire-audio <none>
ii sound-theme-freedesktop 0.8-2
pn system-config-printer-common <none>
pn system-config-printer-udev <none>
pn totem <none>
pn tracker <none>
pn xdg-desktop-portal-gnome <none>
ii yelp 42.2-1
ii zenity 3.44.0-1

Versions of packages gnome-core recommends:
ii firefox-esr [gnome-www-browser] 102.10.0esr-1
pn libproxy1-plugin-networkmanager <none>
pn low-memory-monitor <none>
ii network-manager-gnome 1.30.0-2

Versions of packages gnome-core suggests:
pn gnome <none>

[Witold Baryluk]

Package: gnome-core
Version: 1:43+1
Followup-For: Bug #1034694
X-Debbugs-Cc: witold....@gmail.com

Here:

root@debian:~# sudo apt -V --simulate remove pulseaudio

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
bind9-host (1:9.18.12-1)
bind9-libs (1:9.18.12-1)
libfstrm0 (0.6.1-1)
libjemalloc2 (5.3.0-1)
libmaxminddb0 (1.7.1-1)
libprotobuf-c1 (1.4.1-1+b1)
libuv1 (1.44.2-1)
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
liblua5.3-0 (5.3.6-2)
libpipewire-0.3-modules (0.3.65-3)
libwireplumber-0.4-0 (0.4.13-1)
pipewire (0.3.65-3)
pipewire-bin (0.3.65-3)
pipewire-pulse (0.3.65-3)
wireplumber (0.4.13-1)
Suggested packages:
libspa-0.2-bluetooth (0.3.65-3)
wireplumber-doc (0.4.13-1)
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libcanberra-pulse (0.30-10)
pulseaudio (16.1+dfsg1-2+b1)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
liblua5.3-0 (5.3.6-2)
libpipewire-0.3-modules (0.3.65-3)
libwireplumber-0.4-0 (0.4.13-1)
pipewire (0.3.65-3)
pipewire-bin (0.3.65-3)
pipewire-pulse (0.3.65-3)
wireplumber (0.4.13-1)
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Remv libcanberra-pulse [0.30-10]
Remv pulseaudio [16.1+dfsg1-2+b1]
Inst liblua5.3-0 (5.3.6-2 Debian:testing [amd64])
Inst libpipewire-0.3-modules (0.3.65-3 Debian:testing [amd64])
Inst libwireplumber-0.4-0 (0.4.13-1 Debian:testing [amd64])
Inst pipewire-bin (0.3.65-3 Debian:testing [amd64])
Inst pipewire (0.3.65-3 Debian:testing [amd64])
Inst pipewire-pulse (0.3.65-3 Debian:testing [amd64])
Inst wireplumber (0.4.13-1 Debian:testing [amd64])
Conf liblua5.3-0 (5.3.6-2 Debian:testing [amd64])
Conf libpipewire-0.3-modules (0.3.65-3 Debian:testing [amd64])
Conf libwireplumber-0.4-0 (0.4.13-1 Debian:testing [amd64])
Conf pipewire-bin (0.3.65-3 Debian:testing [amd64])
Conf pipewire (0.3.65-3 Debian:testing [amd64])
Conf pipewire-pulse (0.3.65-3 Debian:testing [amd64])
Conf wireplumber (0.4.13-1 Debian:testing [amd64])
root@debian:~#


Regards,
Witold

[Witold Baryluk]

Package: gnome-core

Followup-For: Bug #1034694
X-Debbugs-Cc: witold....@gmail.com

Hi Jochen.

I am so sorry for wasting your time.

I must have set it very long time ago, probably about a year ago, where I
had some issues with pipewire, and completly forgot this.

Indeed the iso build script has this:

```
# Put some packages on hold, so they are not installed via suggests or recommends.
save "${BUILDDIR}/config/hooks/live/0025_hold_bad_packages.hook.chroot" << "EOF"
#!/bin/bash

set -e

apt-mark hold xtrx-dkms
apt-mark hold langford-dkms
# apt-mark hold raspi-firmware # Do not hold raspi-firmware, as we later want to remove it, and this would interfere.
if dpkg -l raspi-firmware; then
apt-mark purge raspi-firmware || true # Schedule for removal.
fi
# apt-mark hold nvidia-tesla-kernel-support # Do not install. Something pulls this somehow.
apt-mark hold pipewire-alsa
apt-mark hold pipewire-audio
EOF
```




I will fix this on my side.

Thanks a lot for guidance and help!

Please close this issue.


Regards,
Witold