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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: /usr/bin/apt-get: package's new versions ignored after failed config
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.9
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
Consider the case of netbase 4.11, a package with a broken script that
fails configuration.
Then one does apt-get update and 4.13 is now the candidate as seen in
apt-cache policy.
However doing a
apt-get install
or
apt-get install most_anything
[other than apt-get install netbase (or probably its dependencies too)]
will still insist in trying to install 4.11.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::List-Cleanup "false";
APT::Cache-Limit "16777216";
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::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
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/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb http://debian.linux.org.tw/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linux.org.tw/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux debian 2.4.21-1-k7 #2 Mon Jun 16 22:23:16 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.2-0pre1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.1-0rc1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>, 205997-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#205997: /usr/bin/apt-get: package's new versions ignored after failed config
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:11:17AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.9
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/apt-get
>
> Consider the case of netbase 4.11, a package with a broken script that
> fails configuration.
>
> Then one does apt-get update and 4.13 is now the candidate as seen in
> apt-cache policy.
apt always tries to fix any broken packages on the system (or let you
specify a solution) before letting you try to install new ones. This is a
feature. It is not installing anything; it is only trying to configure the
package which was already unpacked on your system, and failed to configure
previously.
Did you consider copying and pasting the output showing exactly what apt was
doing, rather than trying to explain what you thought it was doing? That
would have saved me the guesswork of figuring out what you were talking
about.
I am not going to provide technical support to you through the BTS. Your
bug reports are not contributing to the development process. So, please do
not file any more bug reports against apt. If you have a question about why
apt is behaving a certain way, ask on debian-user@lists.debian.org. Do not
file a bug report. Is this clear?
--
- mdz
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