Bug#212203: marked as done ([apt-get] More useful error message for "...no available version, but exists in the database...")
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Subject: apt: Unhelpful diagnostic from apt-get
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: minor
# apt-get install stunnel
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package stunnel has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
of sources.list
E: Package stunnel has no installation candidate
I feel this message is unuseful: people who understand what's gone
wrong can solve the problem without it, and people who don't
understand aren't helped by it.
Particularly, the phrases "has no available version, but exists" and
"not available with the contents of sources.list" are both quite
opaque in their meaning.
Perhaps some form of words saying that the package cannot be found in
any of the places listed in /etc/apt/sources.list , and pointing at
the documentation concerning how to choose new things to put there,
would be more helpful?
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux daryl 2.4.20 #2 Thu May 15 21:35:30 BST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-7 The GNU stdc++ library
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Subject: Bug#212203: fixed in apt 0.5.21
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Source: apt
Source-Version: 0.5.21
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
apt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
apt-doc_0.5.21_all.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/apt-doc_0.5.21_all.deb
apt-utils_0.5.21_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/apt-utils_0.5.21_i386.deb
apt_0.5.21.dsc
to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.21.dsc
apt_0.5.21.tar.gz
to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.21.tar.gz
apt_0.5.21_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/apt_0.5.21_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-dev_0.5.21_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_0.5.21_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-doc_0.5.21_all.deb
to pool/main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-doc_0.5.21_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 212203@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:54:39 -0800
Source: apt
Binary: apt-utils libapt-pkg-doc libapt-pkg-dev apt-doc apt
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 0.5.21
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
Description:
apt - Advanced front-end for dpkg
apt-doc - Documentation for APT
apt-utils - APT utility programs
libapt-pkg-dev - Development files for APT's libapt-pkg and libapt-inst
libapt-pkg-doc - Documentation for APT development
Closes: 212203 220799 221528 226351 226509 226813 226886 227205 227729
Changes:
apt (0.5.21) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Patch from Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> to include apt18n.h after
other headers to avoid breaking locale.h when setlocale() is defined
as an empty macro. This was not a problem on Debian, but broke
compilation on Solaris. (Closes: #226509)
* Updated French translation from Pierre Machard <pmachard@debian.org>
(Closes: #226886)
* Add colons to apt-get's "kept back"/"upgraded"/"downgraded" messages
(Closes: #226813)
* Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #226351)
* Clearer error message in place of "...has no available version, but
exists in the database" (Closes: #212203)
* Patch from Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx> to use AC_CACHE_VAL for
GLIBC_VER to make cross-compilation easier (Closes: #221528)
* Add example preferences file (Closes: #220799)
* Updated Greek translation from Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
(Closes: #227205)
* Updated Spanish translation of man pages from Ruben Porras
<nahoo82@telefonica.net> (Closes: #227729)
Files:
f418ad8080c634e44d659d02e86310f8 756 admin important apt_0.5.21.dsc
e00d0f12c8a014076f272bcba9503de5 1098411 admin important apt_0.5.21.tar.gz
e96613692bccb3bfa5cc84daf7ff16a2 66370 doc optional apt-doc_0.5.21_all.deb
efb5c99be164844c2001825ad543b9f3 97812 doc optional libapt-pkg-doc_0.5.21_all.deb
6f940aeac03f4b6c0f8f22cbcc2df0d5 842730 base important apt_0.5.21_i386.deb
7c5c4da7c58db0c5a8a88d4d0e02e2af 65082 libdevel optional libapt-pkg-dev_0.5.21_i386.deb
741808e7daac6e950e5f2f9a90a4f043 179546 admin optional apt-utils_0.5.21_i386.deb
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