Bug#57540: marked as done (apt: apt-get should be more verbose)
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From: <jan@petteflet.home.ml.org>
Subject: apt: apt-get should be more verbose
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Package: apt
Priority: wishlist
Version: 0.3.10slink11
I want to (maybe) use APT to upgrade my slink system to potato.
Therefore I wanted to check how many Megs I need to download.
First I tried "apt -s dist-upgrade". However that isn't a real dry-run
(it does not give the same output as the real version). In particular it does
not say anything about the download size like the real version does.
So I typed "apt dist-upgrade" knowing that I could answer no at the
download confirmation prompt. Then it complained that I didn't have enough
diskspace available on my /var partion. But it didn't say how much it wanted!
(Does it want to download all packages before starting the upgrade?)
I shuffled some stuff around and then it was sufficient, but it wanted to
remove far to much for my taste (among them gnome-session). Then it said..
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Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnome-session: Depends: libgnome32 (>= 1.0.54-1) but it is not installed
Depends: libgnomesupport0 (>= 1.0.54-1) but it is not installed
Depends: libgnomeui32 (>= 1.0.54-1) but it is not installed
Depends: libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.6-1) but it is not installed
Depends: gnome-core (>= 1.0.55-1) but it is not installed
Depends: gnome-panel but it is not installed
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So I typed
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petteflet:/scratch/builds/apt-0.3.16# apt-get install libgnome32
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgnome32: Depends: gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-2) but it is not installed
However, all of these gnome-bin is available in potato. It turns out
gnome-bin can not be installed becuase it indirectly depends on libgtk1.2
which is the real problem.
Can apt be changed so that it much more verbose, i.e.
- Let "-s" provide at least as much info as the normal version
- Report what you need when complaining about diskspace shortage.
- In case of unforfillable dependencies, display where in the tree the
problem is.
Sorry for being such a drag. Apt is very very nice. I just want it to be perfect!
Thanks for all the good work,
Jan
The libgtk1.2 is a real problem with apt that I'll report after compiling the latest apt from source
-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.1
Kernel Version: Linux petteflet 2.2.14pre7 #1 Sat Nov 20 20:00:55 CET 1999 i586 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.0.7.19981211 GNU C Library: shared libraries
ii libstdc++2.9 2.91.66-0slink The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)
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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>
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Subject: Re: Bug#57540: apt: apt-get should be more verbose
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On Sun, 6 Feb 2000 jan@petteflet.home.ml.org wrote:
> First I tried "apt -s dist-upgrade". However that isn't a real dry-run
> (it does not give the same output as the real version). In particular it does
> not say anything about the download size like the real version does.
's' is simulate, not really 'dry-run'. To do what you want use '-du' which
shows everything in a nice format.
> diskspace available on my /var partion. But it didn't say how much it wanted!
> (Does it want to download all packages before starting the upgrade?)
This is fixed in the potato version.
> remove far to much for my taste (among them gnome-session). Then it said..
> petteflet:/scratch/builds/apt-0.3.16# apt-get install libgnome32
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
> libgnome32: Depends: gnome-bin (>= 1.0.54-2) but it is not installed
This is because there are circular relations between gtk/gnome that are
not easy to display at all.
> - In case of unforfillable dependencies, display where in the tree the
> problem is.
It isn't a tree, it is a circle in this case, so it picks a point 'at
random' more or less.
Jason
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