Bug#99974: apt-get upgrade failures
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.3
Severity: normal
Hi,
This is a fairly up to date unstable machine, upgraded at
least once a week, and this is the first time that there have been
complaints of this magnitude.
manoj
__> dselect install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
tetex-dev: Conflicts: kpathsea-dev but it is not installable
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Internal Error, problem resolver broke stuff
Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the
packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
Press enter to continue.
apt-get install kpathsea-dev
installation script returned error exit status 100.
Press <enter> to continue.
__> apt-get install dpkg
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
fetchmailconf: Depends: fetchmail (= 5.8.5-1) or
fetchmail-ssl (= 5.8.5-1) but it is not going to be installed
ssh: Depends: libwrap0 but 7.6-7 is to be installed
Depends: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3) but 1:1.1.3-15 is to be installed
Conflicts: debconf-tiny (< 0.2.17)
Conflicts: sftp but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
*__> apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
fetchmail
The following packages will be upgraded
fetchmail
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 156 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/361kB of archives. After unpacking 12.3kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Reading changelogs...Done
apt-listchanges: Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 129953 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace fetchmail 5.8.4-1 (using .../fetchmail_5.8.5-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fetchmail ...
Setting up fetchmail (5.8.5-1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.workstation/fetchmail ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/fetchmail ...
__> apt-get -f install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 156 not upgraded.
__> apt-get install dpkg
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, dpkg is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 155 not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
dpkg: parse error, in file `/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 52282 package `blt-demo':
`Replaces' field, reference to `blt-dev': error in version: version string has embedded spaces
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
__> vi /var/lib/dpkg/available
__> apt-get install dpkg
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, dpkg is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 155 not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Setting up dpkg (1.9.8) ...
*__> apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back
groff mirrormagic
The following packages will be upgraded
a2ps adduser aptitude autofs autotools-dev bind bison busybox-static
celestia comerr-dev cpp-2.95 curl curl-ssl cvs cvs-doc dact debhelper
debian-policy devtodo dia dia-common doxygen dpkg-dev dpkg-doc dput
e2fslibs-dev e2fsprogs esound esound-clients esound-common eterm findutils
floppyd g++-2.95 gcc-2.95 gkrellm gnome-core gnome-help gnome-help-data
gnome-pim gnome-users-guide-en grub grub-doc gvd html2text iputils-tracepath
kdebase kdebase-audiolibs kdebase-doc kdebase-libs kdelibs3-crypto
kdewallpapers klisa konqueror konsole kruler kscreensaver ksysctrl kview
ldap-gateways ldap-utils libapache-mod-ssl-doc libast1 libcurl2-ssl libesd0
libesd0-dev libg++2.8.1.3-glibc2.2 libgnat-3.13p-1 libkonq3 libkpathsea3
libldap2 libldap2-dev libmm11 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev
libnetserver-generic-perl libnewt-dev libnewt0 libnspr4 libpanel-applet0
libpgperl libpgsql2.1 libproplist0 libpvm3 librep9 libruby libsdl1.1
libsdl1.2 libsql-statement-perl libstdc++2.10-dev libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
libwraster2 libxml-dev libxml-enno-perl libxml-generator-perl
libxml-parser-perl libxml1 libxml2 linuxdoc-tools loadmeter login magpie
maxima metrics mtools nail ncftp ncftp2 ncurses-base ncurses-bin
ncurses-term netcat oleo passwd patch pciutils python-gdk-imlib python-glade
python-gtk python-newt python-pygresql qpopper realplayer rep reportbug ruby
screen secpolicy sendmail shellutils slapd swig tasksel tcl8.3 tetex-base
tetex-bin tetex-doc tetex-extra tmpreaper unclutter uuid-dev viewcvs vim
vim-rt webmagick whiptail wmaker xdiskusage xplanet xplanet-images xzgv
zclock zsh-doc
153 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
cipe-source: Depends: make but 3.79.1-6 is to be installed
dnsutils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2) but 2.2.3-5 is to be installed
Depends: libdns4 but 1:9.1.1-1 is to be installed
Depends: libisc3 but 1:9.1.1-1 is to be installed
groff: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2) but 2.2.3-5 is to be installed
seahorse: Depends: gdk-imlib1 (>= 1.9.8.1-2) but 1.9.10-3 is to be installed
Depends: libart2 (>= 1.2.12-1) but 1.2.13-6 is to be installed
Depends: libaudiofile0 but 0.2.1-0.1 is to be installed
Depends: libdb2 but 2:2.7.7-8 is to be installed
Depends: libgnomesupport0 (>= 1.2.12-1) but 1.2.13-6 is to be installed
Depends: libgnomeui32 (>= 1.2.12-1) but 1.2.13-6 is to be installed
tetex-dev: Conflicts: kpathsea-dev but it is not installable
xviddetect: Depends: apt but 0.5.3 is to be installed
E: Internal Error, InstallPackages was called with broken packages!
__> diff -uBbw update /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/update
diff: update: No such file or directory
__> wget http://people.debian.org/~bod/update
--11:50:42-- http://people.debian.org/%7Ebod/update
=> `update'
Connecting to people.debian.org:80... connected!
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1,215 [text/plain]
0K -> . [100%]
11:50:42 (1.16 MB/s) - `update' saved [1215/1215]
__> diff -uBbw update /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/update
__> apt-get install groff
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
groff-base
The following NEW packages will be installed:
groff-base
The following packages will be upgraded
groff
1 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 154 not upgraded.
Need to get 1612kB of archives. After unpacking 2145kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main groff-base 1.17-1 [564kB]
Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main groff 1.17-1 [1049kB]
Fetched 1612kB in 32s (49.9kB/s)
Reading changelogs...Done
(Reading database ... 129919 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking groff-base (from .../groff-base_1.17-1_i386.deb) ...
Replacing files in old package groff ...
Preparing to replace groff 1.16-3.4 (using .../archives/groff_1.17-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement groff ...
Setting up groff-base (1.17-1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/tmac.man.local ...
Setting up groff (1.17-1) ...
*__> apt-get install cipe-source
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, cipe-source is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 154 not upgraded.
*__> apt-get install make
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, make is already the newest version.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 154 not upgraded.
__> apt-get install mirrormagic
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2
The following packages will be upgraded
mirrormagic
1 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 153 not upgraded.
Need to get 1092kB of archives. After unpacking 352kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org woody/main libsdl-image1.2 1.2.0-1 [15.8kB]
Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org woody/main libsdl-mixer1.2 1.2.0-1 [94.5kB]
Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main mirrormagic 2.0.0-8 [982kB]
Fetched 1092kB in 26s (41.7kB/s)
Reading changelogs...Done
apt-listchanges: Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 129830 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libsdl-image1.2 (from .../libsdl-image1.2_1.2.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking libsdl-mixer1.2 (from .../libsdl-mixer1.2_1.2.0-1_i386.deb) ...
Preparing to replace mirrormagic 2.0.0-7 (using .../mirrormagic_2.0.0-8_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mirrormagic ...
Setting up libsdl-image1.2 (1.2.0-1) ...
Setting up libsdl-mixer1.2 (1.2.0-1) ...
Setting up mirrormagic (2.0.0-8) ...
__> apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
a2ps adduser aptitude autofs autotools-dev bind bison busybox-static
celestia comerr-dev cpp-2.95 curl curl-ssl cvs cvs-doc dact debhelper
debian-policy devtodo dia dia-common doxygen dpkg-dev dpkg-doc dput
e2fslibs-dev e2fsprogs esound esound-clients esound-common eterm findutils
floppyd g++-2.95 gcc-2.95 gkrellm gnome-core gnome-help gnome-help-data
gnome-pim gnome-users-guide-en grub grub-doc gvd html2text iputils-tracepath
kdebase kdebase-audiolibs kdebase-doc kdebase-libs kdelibs3-crypto
kdewallpapers klisa konqueror konsole kruler kscreensaver ksysctrl kview
ldap-gateways ldap-utils libapache-mod-ssl-doc libast1 libcurl2-ssl libesd0
libesd0-dev libg++2.8.1.3-glibc2.2 libgnat-3.13p-1 libkonq3 libkpathsea3
libldap2 libldap2-dev libmm11 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev
libnetserver-generic-perl libnewt-dev libnewt0 libnspr4 libpanel-applet0
libpgperl libpgsql2.1 libproplist0 libpvm3 librep9 libruby libsdl1.1
libsdl1.2 libsql-statement-perl libstdc++2.10-dev libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
libwraster2 libxml-dev libxml-enno-perl libxml-generator-perl
libxml-parser-perl libxml1 libxml2 linuxdoc-tools loadmeter login magpie
maxima metrics mtools nail ncftp ncftp2 ncurses-base ncurses-bin
ncurses-term netcat oleo passwd patch pciutils python-gdk-imlib python-glade
python-gtk python-newt python-pygresql qpopper realplayer rep reportbug ruby
screen secpolicy sendmail shellutils slapd swig tasksel tcl8.3 tetex-base
tetex-bin tetex-doc tetex-extra tmpreaper unclutter uuid-dev viewcvs vim
vim-rt webmagick whiptail wmaker xdiskusage xplanet xplanet-images xzgv
zclock zsh-doc
153 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
cipe-source: Depends: make but 3.79.1-6 is to be installed
dnsutils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2) but 2.2.3-5 is to be installed
Depends: libdns4 but 1:9.1.1-1 is to be installed
Depends: libisc3 but 1:9.1.1-1 is to be installed
seahorse: Depends: gdk-imlib1 (>= 1.9.8.1-2) but 1.9.10-3 is to be installed
Depends: libart2 (>= 1.2.12-1) but 1.2.13-6 is to be installed
Depends: libaudiofile0 but 0.2.1-0.1 is to be installed
Depends: libdb2 but 2:2.7.7-8 is to be installed
Depends: libgnomesupport0 (>= 1.2.12-1) but 1.2.13-6 is to be installed
Depends: libgnomeui32 (>= 1.2.12-1) but 1.2.13-6 is to be installed
xviddetect: Depends: apt but 0.5.3 is to be installed
E: Internal Error, InstallPackages was called with broken packages!
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux glaurung 2.4.4 #1 Mon Apr 30 11:14:49 CDT 2001 i586
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=iso_8859_1
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.3-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.010522 The GNU stdc++ library
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