How Do I Fix A Problem With An Annoying Suggestion From Debian and Aptitude?
by kevinbenko from LinuxQuestions.org on (#59SDY)
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I am using Debian, Testing, and aptitude to do updates/upgrades.
For several weeks, I have been getting the same result using aptitude:
// BEGIN
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
libllvm10:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libllvm10{a}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 16.5 MB of archives. After unpacking 78.7 MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libxatracker2 : Depends: libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~) but it is not going to be installed
libgl1-mesa-dri : Depends: libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~) but it is not going to be installed
mesa-vdpau-drivers : Depends: libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~) but it is not going to be installed
mesa-va-drivers : Depends: libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~) but it is not going to be installed
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) libllvm10 [1:10.0.1-7 (now, unstable)]
2) libllvm10:i386 [1:10.0.1-7 (now, unstable)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
// END
I have tried to fix whatever the problem is causing this issue. I have installed the packages from unstable, I have tried to downgrade the packages to stable (not really a good idea, but I did it anyway), and I did this with apt-pinning, and by downloading the packages from Debian via DKMS.
Question: How do I fix this issue with my upgrades?
Thank you for your time, and have a good day!


I am using Debian, Testing, and aptitude to do updates/upgrades.
For several weeks, I have been getting the same result using aptitude:
// BEGIN
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
libllvm10:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libllvm10{a}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 16.5 MB of archives. After unpacking 78.7 MB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libxatracker2 : Depends: libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~) but it is not going to be installed
libgl1-mesa-dri : Depends: libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~) but it is not going to be installed
mesa-vdpau-drivers : Depends: libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~) but it is not going to be installed
mesa-va-drivers : Depends: libllvm10 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~) but it is not going to be installed
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) libllvm10 [1:10.0.1-7 (now, unstable)]
2) libllvm10:i386 [1:10.0.1-7 (now, unstable)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
// END
I have tried to fix whatever the problem is causing this issue. I have installed the packages from unstable, I have tried to downgrade the packages to stable (not really a good idea, but I did it anyway), and I did this with apt-pinning, and by downloading the packages from Debian via DKMS.
Question: How do I fix this issue with my upgrades?
Thank you for your time, and have a good day!