#1134194 zig: <html>Dependency resolution failed:<br/><br/>The following packages have unmet dependencies:

Package:
zig
Source:
zig
Submitter:
Roberto Bellotti
Date:
2026-06-24 20:29:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1134194#5
Date:
2026-04-17 17:45:30 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,


   * What led up to the situation?
   	the update manager would not update the zig package and
	suggested it was a "real issue", which led me to install the
	reportbug package
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
     	I did not try to fix anything myself, and decided to use
	reportbug before attempting to manually correct it
   * What was the outcome of this action?
   	Me installing reportbug and fumbling through the report process
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
	I didn't expect anything necessarily
#1134194#10
Date:
2026-04-17 17:58:30 UTC
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To:
I'm not entirely sure what the bug is to be honest.

Here's the timeline of my experience:

1) I boot my computer and see the icon for "updates available" with the
blue dot (not red)
2) sudo apt update
3) 1 update available
4) sudo apt upgrade
5) 1 package: zig : not upgraded
6) *shrug*
7) update icon persists
8) flatpak update
9) update icon persists
10) I click on update icon to see if for some reason there is a GUI feature
in the update manager that I don't know how to reproduce in the terminal
11) Click install all updates in update manager, and get a message saying :

<html>Dependency resolution failed:<br/><br/>The following packages have
unmet dependencies:
  zig-stable: Conflicts: zig-0 but 0.15.2-3+trixie is to be installed
</html>

12) I click "Report bug to Debian" and it brings me to reportbug
13) I just now realized that the Update Manager error says "IF this looks
like a real issue", and I originally thought it said "THIS looks like a
real issue".  I apologize for bringing it up, the only reason zig is
installed on my system is from installing Ghostty terminal.  There are no
apparent issues other than a dependency resolution that I can see, and the
only annoying effect is that the "updates available" icon persists even
though attempting to update brings up the error.
#1134194#15
Date:
2026-06-24 20:27:34 UTC
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To:
Hi!

It does not look like zig was ever packaged properly in Debian. So I'm
assumed you got it from a third-party. You'll have to get that third
party to update any such package. Thus closing.

Thanks,
Guillem