Bug 512633

Summary: plasma-desktop dependency mismatch with kf6-kauth
Product: [KDE Neon] neon Reporter: christian.cadruvi
Component: Packages User EditionAssignee: Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: carlosd.kde, jr, neon-bugs-null
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description christian.cadruvi 2025-11-26 08:20:21 UTC
SUMMARY
When installing `kde-plasma-desktop` from the KDE Neon stable repository (`archive.neon.kde.org/stable noble main`) on Ubuntu 24.04, the following dependency error occurs:

```
plasma-desktop : Depends: kf6-kauth (>= 6.20.0+p24.04+vstable+git20251123.0518)
                 but 6.19.0+p24.04+vstable+git20251111.0515-0 is to be installed
```

The `plasma-desktop` package was updated on 2025-11-23 to require `kf6-kauth >= 6.20.0`, but `kf6-kauth` in the repository is still at version 6.19.0 (from 2025-11-11).

This blocks fresh installations using the KDE Neon stable PPA on Ubuntu 24.04.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Build the following minimal Dockerfile:

```dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:24.04
ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
RUN apt-get update -qq && \
    apt-get install -y -qq wget software-properties-common gnupg2 && \
    wget -qO - 'http://archive.neon.kde.org/public.key' | gpg --dearmor | tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/neon-archive.gpg > /dev/null && \
    apt-add-repository -y 'deb http://archive.neon.kde.org/stable noble main' && \
    apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y kde-plasma-desktop
```

Run:
```bash
docker build -t kde-neon-test -f Dockerfile .
```

OBSERVED RESULT
```
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:
 plasma-desktop : Depends: kf6-kauth (>= 6.20.0+p24.04+vstable+git20251123.0518) but 6.19.0+p24.04+vstable+git20251111.0515-0 is to be installed
                  Recommends: bluedevil but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: breeze-gtk-theme but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: kde-config-gtk-style but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: kde-config-sddm but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: kde-style-oxygen but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: kgamma5
                  Recommends: khelpcenter but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: kinfocenter but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: kmenuedit but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: kscreen but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: ksshaskpass but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: kwrited but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: plasma-discover but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: plasma-pa but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: powerdevil but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: systemsettings but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
```

EXPECTED RESULT
Installation succeeds

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
- Base OS: Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)
- Repository: `deb http://archive.neon.kde.org/stable noble main`
- Date reproduced: 2025-11-26

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Carlos De Maine 2025-12-04 01:11:36 UTC
new snapshot released with kf6-kauth 6.20. it is now definitely in the archive