# Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages when trying to run a phpBB importer

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**Created:** [2016 年 6 月 27 日午前 10:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-correct-problems-you-have-held-broken-packages-when-trying-to-run-a-phpbb-importer/46499 "2016-06-27T10:23:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [2016 年 6 月 27 日午前 10:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-correct-problems-you-have-held-broken-packages-when-trying-to-run-a-phpbb-importer/46499/2 "2016-06-27T10:55:47Z")

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The package repos that the importer is using are pooched. I have no specific advice on how to fix it, other than to identify which repo is providing the dud package and see if there’s another repo that isn’t broken. It’s also possible the problem is transient, and will come good in the near future.

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