Strange dependancy interaction with apt
Hi,
I've been running for a while with only testing and unstable in my
sources.list with a modified preferences[1] file, and thought to add stable
just to see which packages I might get from stable when I install new
packages...
Here's a patch[2] that shows the changes made the my sources.list file.
Now, with these changes, it is reinstalling shellutils and textutils which I
have uninstalled because they're just psudo-packages in testing. But after
I let it be installed, and try to remove the packages, it thinks they're
required[3] for a working system (which they're not anymore in testing...) just
like they were in stable.
This doesn't look right. Did I miss some setting to get this correctly, or
did I find a bug?
[1]
package: *
pin: release a=proposed-updates
Pin-Priority: 810
package: *
pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 800
[2]
--- /tmp/sources.list 2002-10-30 15:31:31.000000000 -0800
+++ /etc/apt/sources.list 2002-10-30 15:36:15.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
-#Main
+#Stable
+deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
+deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
+
+#Testing
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
+#Unstable
+deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
+deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
+
#Proposed Updates
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable-proposed-updates main non-free contrib
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing-proposed-updates main non-free contrib
#deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
-#Unstable
-deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
-deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
-
#Open Office
#deb ftp://ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice unstable main contrib
#deb http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ testing main contrib
[3]
# apt-get -u remove shellutils textutils
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
shellutils textutils
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
shellutils textutils
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 16.4kB will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
?]
--- /tmp/sources.list 2002-10-30 15:31:31.000000000 -0800
+++ /etc/apt/sources.list 2002-10-30 15:36:15.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
-#Main
+#Stable
+deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
+deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
+
+#Testing
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
+#Unstable
+deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
+deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
+
#Proposed Updates
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable-proposed-updates main non-free contrib
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing-proposed-updates main non-free contrib
#deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
-#Unstable
-deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
-deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
-
#Open Office
#deb ftp://ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice unstable main contrib
#deb http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ testing main contrib
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