Re: Installed packages to be REMOVED

On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 10:20:34 -0700 (PDT)
Roger Marquis <[email protected]> wrote:

> The most recent protobuf-c package update wants to remove and
> downgrade incompatible dependencies:
> 
>      Cannot solve problem using SAT solver, trying another plan
>      The following 5 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
>      Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
>          protobuf-c: 1.5.1_2 -> 1.5.1_3
>      Installed packages to be DOWNGRADED:
>          bind-tools: 9.20.10 -> 9.20.9
>          libxml2: 2.14.4 -> 2.11.9
>      Installed packages to be REMOVED:
>          apache24: 2.4.63_1
>          py311-html5-parser: 0.4.12_2
>      The operation will free 4 MiB
> 
> This should never happen.  It never happens on Linux package upgrades,
> making autoupdate cron tasks feasible and saving nontrivial admin
> time.

I don't think this has anything to do with protobuf-c, since it does
not depend on libxml2 in any way. The packages indicated as pending
removal are looking rather as a culprit to this. Both depend on
libxml2. And Apache has got its port revision bumped +1 in comparison
to the version you pasted.

-- 
 Piotr Smyrak