A-ha ! I think found what’s causing the problem. The pyside-qt4-base module is not part of pyside any more, by having that in there you’re forcing the last pyside that had it (a fairly ancient boost one).
Nokia-N900:/home/user/alarmed# apt-get install alarmed Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libboost-python1.38.0 libpyside0.3 libqt4-maemo5-core libshiboken0.3 pyside-qt4-base pyside-qt4-core pyside-qt4-gui pyside-qt4-maemo5 python-alarm The following NEW packages will be installed: alarmed libboost-python1.38.0 libpyside0.3 libqt4-maemo5-core libshiboken0.3 pyside-qt4-base pyside-qt4-core pyside-qt4-gui pyside-qt4-maemo5 python-alarm 0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded. Need to get 5102kB of archives. After this operation, 17.0MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Nokia-N900:/home/user/alarmed# apt-cache show pyside-qt4-core (...) Package: pyside-qt4-core Priority: optional Section: python Installed-Size: 4828 Maintainer: PySide team <contact@pyside.org> Architecture: armel Source: pyside-qt4 Version: 0.2.3-1maemo2 Replaces: pyside-core Provides: pyside-core Depends: libboost-python1.38.0 (>= 1.38.0-1), libc6 (>= 2.5.0-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libqt4-maemo5-core (>= 4.6.1~git20100122), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1), pyside-qt4-base (>= 0.2.3), python2.5 (>= 2.5), python (>= 2.5), python (<< 2.6), python-support (>= 0.90.0), pyside-qt4-base (= 0.2.3-1maemo2), libqt4-maemo5-core, libboost-python1.38.0, libfontconfig1 Conflicts: pyside-core Filename: pool/fremantle/free/p/pyside-qt4/pyside-qt4-core_0.2.3-1maemo2_armel.deb Size: 1436870 MD5sum: caf6fbc7a0b2245d5259d798ec8f4e0a SHA1: 6fa260c23b6e04db699639a601af1a5219ec2514 SHA256: 355aedcbce3dd57f6e74c4e9a9ef154147eaeca69dc89f30a1df52b274af257b Description: Qt 4 core module - Python bindings Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt's primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality. . This package provides Python bindings for the QtCore module. Python-Version: 2.5
Nokia-N900:/home/user/alarmed# apt-cache show python-pyside Package: python-pyside Priority: optional Section: python Installed-Size: 60 Maintainer: PySide Team <pyside@openbossa.org> Architecture: all Source: pyside Version: 0.3.0-1maemo1 Depends: pyside-qt4-phonon (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-core (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-gui (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-help (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-network (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-opengl (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-script (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-sql (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-svg (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-uitools (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-webkit (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1), pyside-qt4-xml (>= 0.3.0-1maemo1) Filename: pool/fremantle/free/p/pyside/python-pyside_0.3.0-1maemo1_all.deb Size: 28718 MD5sum: f1112b1d67aecceb564404557bbc5867 SHA1: d52694deb9bf3df0638731d1ebbdb1ef2847c4a0 SHA256: 35f07d20dae09b9ad0a836f0b060080acde816fe8b33aad40567d1630ef255d2 Description: Python bindings for Qt4 (big metapackage) Python bindings for Qt4 framework. This is a metapackage for all modules. Xsbc-Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Nokia-N900:/home/user/alarmed# apt-cache show libpyside0.3 (...) Package: libpyside0.3 Priority: optional Section: python Installed-Size: 156 Maintainer: PySide Team <pyside@openbossa.org> Architecture: armel Source: pyside Version: 0.3.1-1maemo1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5.0-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.2.1), libqt4-core (>= 4.6.2~git20100224-0maemo1+0m5), libshiboken0.3, libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1-4maemo9+0m5), python2.5 (>= 2.5.2-11.1maemo3+0m5) Filename: pool/fremantle/free/p/pyside/libpyside0.3_0.3.1-1maemo1_armel.deb Size: 32874 MD5sum: bb9a4e3517d1470c28b61cef8ec9031c SHA1: f3d4bc8ef8404136371dd23ddcd7523e52780673 SHA256: 44fddbaca8a2f3e5ef66498229320b1f001735abcae5f9c753058f993a005b13 Description: Python bindings for Qt 4 (base files) Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt's primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality. . This package contains base files used by all modules. Homepage: http://www.pyside.org/ Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>