curious update situation
Please consider the following:
dimwit@dimwit:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 NETINST
20180310-11:21]/ buster contrib main non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable
main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable
main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security
buster/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates
main contrib non-free
# buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
buster-updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates
main contrib non-free
dimwit@dimwit:~$ date; sudo aptitude -Pvvv full-upgrade
Thu 13 Aug 2020 04:54:25 PM EDT
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libpython2-stdlib{u} python2{u} python2-minimal{u}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 326 kB will be freed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python : Depends: python2 (= 2.7.17-2) but it is not going to be installed
libpython-stdlib : Depends: libpython2-stdlib (= 2.7.17-2) but it is
not going to be installed
python-minimal : Depends: python2-minimal (= 2.7.17-2) but it is not
going to be installed
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) libpython2-stdlib [2.7.17-2 (now)]
2) python2 [2.7.17-2 (now)]
3) python2-minimal [2.7.17-2 (now)]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following packages will NOT be UPGRADED:
libpython2-stdlib{a} python2{a} python2-minimal{a}
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Current status: 0 (+0) broken, 3 (+0) upgradable, 59576 (+0) new.
dimwit@dimwit:~$
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This situation has been going on for weeks now. There seems to be a
contradiction, where it wants to install version 2.17.7-2 of
libpython2-stdlib, python2, and python2-minimal; but they seem to be
already installed!
All solutions offered except the one shown, would result in unresolved
dependencies.
I can only guess that this might have something to do with, currently,
Debian wanting to move everything from Python2 to Python3.
What to do, what to do . . .
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