I think this is only a problem with the amd64 repos since gedit-2.17 is already in i386. ** Summary changed: - gedit-2.16 != gedit-common-2.17 + amd64: gedit-2.16 != gedit-common-2.17 -- amd64 failed build of gedit-2.17, but gedit-common-2.17 is in repos. https://launchpad.net/bugs/74997