[Bug 1992513] [NEW] apt will not install nvidia-driver-470-server if nvidia-driver-450-server is installed and out of date

[dann frazier]

Public bug reported:

apt/jammy

apt will refuse to install nvidia-driver-470-server if nvidia-driver-450-server is installed *and* out of date. I can reproduce this by disabling all but the jammy release pocket, installing the old n-d-450-s from there, and then enabling updates and trying to install n-v-470-s (where a new
n-d-450-s is available):

# libnvidia-gl-450-server has an update available
root at dannf-apt-jammy:/var/cache# apt install --dry-run libnvidia-gl-470-server -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes
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:
 libnvidia-common-450-server : Conflicts: libnvidia-common
 libnvidia-common-470-server : Conflicts: libnvidia-common
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- will not install nvidia-driver-470-server if nvidia-driver-450-server is installed and out of date
+ aptwill not install nvidia-driver-470-server if nvidia-driver-450-server is installed and out of date

** Summary changed:

- aptwill not install nvidia-driver-470-server if nvidia-driver-450-server is installed and out of date
+ apt will not install nvidia-driver-470-server if nvidia-driver-450-server is installed and out of date

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Title:
  apt will not install nvidia-driver-470-server if nvidia-
  driver-450-server is installed and out of date

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  apt/jammy

  apt will refuse to install nvidia-driver-470-server if nvidia-driver-450-server is installed *and* out of date. I can reproduce this by disabling all but the jammy release pocket, installing the old n-d-450-s from there, and then enabling updates and trying to install n-v-470-s (where a new
  n-d-450-s is available):

  # libnvidia-gl-450-server has an update available
  root at dannf-apt-jammy:/var/cache# apt install --dry-run libnvidia-gl-470-server -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes
  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:
   libnvidia-common-450-server : Conflicts: libnvidia-common
   libnvidia-common-470-server : Conflicts: libnvidia-common
  E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

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