Hi there! This bug is still not solved, and today I discovered a discrepancy WRT upgrade and install. The background: because of bug #557885 [1], I do not want to update cups before the xpdf/poppler mess is fixed [2]. I know I can put packages on hold, but I prefer to simply check what is to be upgraded and then pass it to `apt-get install`. This revealed the following discrepancy between `apt-get upgrade` and `apt-get install`: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- gismo:~# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: bibtool cups dictd dictzip dvipng keynav libjpeg-progs librdf0 linux-image-2.6-amd64 qemu-kvm qemu-system tex-common tex4ht texlive-base texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-doc-en texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-recommended texlive-pictures texlive-pstricks texlive-science The following packages will be upgraded: acpid apt apt-utils avahi-daemon binutils console-setup consolekit coreutils cpp-4.4 cups-bsd cups-client cups-common dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dict-wn dpkg dpkg-dev emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot-bin-common emacs-snapshot-common emacs-snapshot-el gcc-4.4 gcc-4.4-base gimp gimp-data gnupg-agent grub-common grub-pc gthumb guile-1.6-libs hostname irb1.8 keyboard-configuration libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-core6 libavahi-glib1 libbsd0 libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libc6-i386 libck-connector0 libconsole libcups2 libcupscgi1 libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2 libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libdaemon0 libdatrie1 libdpkg-ruby1.8 libgail18 libgcc1 libgeoip1 libgfortran3 libgif4 libgimp2.0 libgirepository1.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgmp3c2 libgomp1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssrpc4 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libgtkspell0 libgudev-1.0-0 libguile-ltdl-1 libiptcdata0 libjack0 libjs-jquery libk5crypto3 libkdb5-4 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblcms1 libmouse-perl libopenssl-ruby1.8 libpam-smbpass libpci3 libpng12-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libquicktime1 libraw1394-11 libreadline-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libsmbclient libsoup2.4-1 libssl0.9.8 libstdc++6 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4 libtimedate-perl libudev0 liburi-perl libwbclient0 libx11-6 libx11-data linux-libc-dev locales mc mktemp nfs-common openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-writer openssh-client openssh-server openssl pciutils python-reportbug qemu qemu-user qemu-utils quilt reportbug ruby1.8 samba samba-common smbfs ttf-opensymbol udev uno-libs3 ure vim-common vim-tiny xbindkeys xkb-data xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-video-intel 147 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded. Need to get 248MB of archives. After this operation, 1,290kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. gismo:~# apt-get install \ acpid apt apt-utils avahi-daemon binutils console-setup consolekit coreutils cpp-4.4 \ dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dict-wn dpkg dpkg-dev emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot-bin-common emacs-snapshot-common \ emacs-snapshot-el gcc-4.4 gcc-4.4-base gimp gimp-data gnupg-agent grub-common grub-pc gthumb guile-1.6-libs hostname irb1.8 \ keyboard-configuration libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-core6 libavahi-glib1 libbsd0 \ libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libc6-i386 libck-connector0 libconsole \ libdaemon0 libdatrie1 libdpkg-ruby1.8 libgail18 libgcc1 libgeoip1 libgfortran3 \ libgif4 libgimp2.0 libgirepository1.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgmp3c2 libgomp1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssrpc4 libgtk2.0-0 \ libgtk2.0-common libgtkspell0 libgudev-1.0-0 libguile-ltdl-1 libiptcdata0 libjack0 libjs-jquery libk5crypto3 libkdb5-4 \ libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblcms1 libmouse-perl libopenssl-ruby1.8 libpam-smbpass libpci3 libpng12-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 \ libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libquicktime1 libraw1394-11 libreadline-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa \ libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libsmbclient libsoup2.4-1 libssl0.9.8 libstdc++6 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4 libtimedate-perl \ libudev0 liburi-perl libwbclient0 libx11-6 libx11-data linux-libc-dev locales mc mktemp nfs-common openoffice.org-base-core \ openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-impress \ openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-writer openssh-client openssh-server openssl pciutils python-reportbug qemu \ qemu-user qemu-utils quilt reportbug ruby1.8 samba samba-common smbfs ttf-opensymbol udev uno-libs3 ure vim-common vim-tiny \ xbindkeys xkb-data xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-video-intel Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo Suggested packages: aptitude synaptic wajig apt-doc avahi-autoipd binutils-doc gcc-4.4-locales gcc-4.4-multilib libmudflap0-4.4-dev gcc-4.4-doc libgcc1-dbg libgomp1-dbg libmudflap0-dbg libcloog-ppl0 libppl-c2 libppl7 gimp-help-en gimp-help libgimp-perl gimp-data-extras gvfs-backends multiboot-doc grub-emu desktop-base glibc-doc geoip-bin krb5-doc krb5-user librsvg2-common jackd liblcms-utils libraw1394-doc arj dbview odt2txt catdvi djvulibre-bin python-boto python-tz openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-style-industrial openoffice.org-style-hicontrast openoffice.org-style-tango openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-oxygen openoffice.org-gcj ssh-askpass libpam-ssh keychain rssh molly-guard ufw qemu-user-static debootstrap graphviz debconf-utils debsums python-urwid python-vte python-gtkspell xdg-utils emacs22-bin-common emacs23-bin-common ruby1.8-examples rdoc1.8 ri1.8 smbldap-tools ldb-tools ctdb smbclient cli-uno-bridge indent wish xbindkeys-config xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable gpointing-device-settings touchfreeze xinput firmware-linux Recommended packages: acpi-support-base libpam-ck-connector build-essential os-prober gvfs-bin manpages-dev geoip-database libglib2.0-data hicolor-icon-theme libgtk2.0-bin javascript-common libclass-method-modifiers-perl xfonts-mathml openoffice.org-filter-binfilter default-jre gcj-jre java-gcj-compat openjdk-6-jre sun-java5-jre sun-java6-jre java5-runtime jre openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-emailmerge openoffice.org-math openssh-blacklist-extra samba-common-bin xfonts-base The following NEW packages will be installed: xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following packages will be upgraded: acpid apt apt-utils avahi-daemon binutils console-setup consolekit coreutils cpp-4.4 dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dict-wn dpkg dpkg-dev emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot-bin-common emacs-snapshot-common emacs-snapshot-el gcc-4.4 gcc-4.4-base gimp gimp-data gnupg-agent grub-common grub-pc gthumb guile-1.6-libs hostname irb1.8 keyboard-configuration libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-core6 libavahi-glib1 libbsd0 libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libc6-i386 libck-connector0 libconsole libdaemon0 libdatrie1 libdpkg-ruby1.8 libgail18 libgcc1 libgeoip1 libgfortran3 libgif4 libgimp2.0 libgirepository1.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgmp3c2 libgomp1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssrpc4 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libgtkspell0 libgudev-1.0-0 libguile-ltdl-1 libiptcdata0 libjack0 libjs-jquery libk5crypto3 libkdb5-4 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 liblcms1 libmouse-perl libopenssl-ruby1.8 libpam-smbpass libpci3 libpng12-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libquicktime1 libraw1394-11 libreadline-ruby1.8 libruby1.8 libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libsmbclient libsoup2.4-1 libssl0.9.8 libstdc++6 libthai-data libthai0 libtiff4 libtimedate-perl libudev0 liburi-perl libwbclient0 libx11-6 libx11-data linux-libc-dev locales mc mktemp nfs-common openoffice.org-base-core openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-style-galaxy openoffice.org-writer openssh-client openssh-server openssl pciutils python-reportbug qemu qemu-user qemu-utils quilt reportbug ruby1.8 samba samba-common smbfs ttf-opensymbol udev uno-libs3 ure vim-common vim-tiny xbindkeys xkb-data xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-video-intel 138 upgraded, 33 newly installed, 0 to remove and 34 not upgraded. Need to get 250MB of archives. After this operation, 6,975kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. gismo:~# --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The solution is to put xserver-xorg at the end of the packages to be installed, for the reasons explained before in this bug. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=557885 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=409510#45 -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "false"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "none"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::Cache-Limit "88388604"; APT::Default-Release "unstable"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Invoke ""; DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; RPM ""; RPM::Pre-Invoke ""; RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; RPM::Post-Invoke ""; RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; Acquire ""; Acquire::PDiffs "false"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (no /etc/apt/sources.list present) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.10.2-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-8 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. 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