Bug#984571: apt: Broken python-empy:amd64 Depends on python:any:any

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

On Sat, Mar 06, 2021 at 08:36:40PM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 apt
> Control: retitle -1 apt: Broken python-empy:amd64 Depends on python:any:any
> 
> Hi!
> 
> On Fri, 2021-03-05 at 11:34:26 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> > Package: dpkg
> > Version: 1.19.7
> > Severity: normal
> 
> > I just saw something curious in dpkg's debug output:
> > 
> >   Investigating (0) python-empy:amd64 < 3.3.2-2 @ii mK Ib >
> >   Broken python-empy:amd64 Depends on python:any:any < none @un H > (< 2.8)
> >     Considering python:amd64 1 as a solution to python-empy:amd64 -1
> >     Removing python-empy:amd64 rather than change python:any:any
> > 
> > What is python:any:any ? Seems to come from dpkg and is probably only
> > cosmetic.

It's what the name says: A package called python:any on the any
architecture. APT creates FOO:any virtual packages for any foo package
that is Multi-Arch: same in order to implement those constraints
correctly.

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