[Bug 1613949] Re: vim-gtk3 Has Unmet Dependencies After `apt-get upgrade` In Ubuntu 16.04.1 Xenial

[Alberto Salvia Novella]

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  vim-gtk3 Has Unmet Dependencies After `apt-get upgrade` In Ubuntu
  16.04.1 Xenial

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have a fresh install of Ubuntu v16.04.1, then I did an `apt-get
  upgrade` and it only had a few seemingly-minor packages to upgrade
  (don't remember the list, sorry).

  Apparently all the core vim packages have been upgraded to
  2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1 but vim-gtk3 (and all the other gvim-providing
  packages I tested) are still held back to 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1 so there
  is a version mis-match.

  Now I get the following error:

  [[[ BEGIN PASTE ]]]

  root at machine:/# apt-get install vim-gtk3
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  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:
   vim-gtk3 : Depends: vim-common (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1) but 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1 is to be installed
              Depends: vim-runtime (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1) but 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1 is to be installed
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  [[[ END PASTE ]]]

  
  However I can still get gvim working if I force the installation of the vim-gtk3 package using dpkg.  Of course this is not a good solution, because it leaves my system in a state of seemingly-broken packages!

  
  [[[ BEGIN PASTE ]]]

  root at machine:/# dpkg -i --force-depends ./vim-gtk3_7.4.1689-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
  Selecting previously unselected package vim-gtk3.
  (Reading database ... 251539 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to unpack .../vim-gtk3_7.4.1689-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
  Unpacking vim-gtk3 (2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1) ...
  dpkg: vim-gtk3: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
   vim-gtk3 depends on vim-common (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1); however:
    Version of vim-common on system is 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1.
   vim-gtk3 depends on vim-runtime (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1); however:
    Version of vim-runtime on system is 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1.

  Setting up vim-gtk3 (2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1) ...
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/vim (vim) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/vimdiff (vimdiff) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/rvim (rvim) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/rview (rview) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/vi (vi) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/view (view) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/ex (ex) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/editor (editor) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/gvim (gvim) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/gview (gview) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/rgview (rgview) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/rgvim (rgvim) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/evim (evim) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/eview (eview) in auto mode
  update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/gvimdiff (gvimdiff) in auto mode

  [[[ END PASTE ]]]

  
  And yes, I can confirm that gvim actually works using this method.  We just need to upgrade the package versioning so that we don't have a problem with the apt-get packaging dependency system.

  Thanks for all your hard work.  Ubuntu is #1!!!  :-)

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