Bug#257054: apt: shows recommendations from old packages
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.25
Severity: minor
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apt-cache show lg-latest-two currently reports these versions for me:
johannes:~$ apt-cache show lg-latest-two | egrep '(Version|Recommends)'
Version: 103
Recommends: lg-issue101
Version: 101
Recommends: lg-issue101
Version: 77
Recommends: lg-issue76
Now, I was upgrading lg-latest-two:
johannes:~$ sudo apt-get install lg-latest-two
Password:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Recommended packages:
lg-issue101 lg-issue76
The following packages will be REMOVED:
lg-issue100
The following packages will be upgraded:
lg-latest-two
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
As you see, apt listed (under Recommended packages) a recommendation
on lg-issue76, which the latest lg-latest-two even conflicts: against.
Apparently apt-get shows recommendations even from a really old version
of the package that is still available here.
- -- Package-specific info:
- -- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Cache-Limit "16777216";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "1";
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:: "if dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep -q '^Status: .* ok installed'; then /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || ( test $? -ne 10 || exit 10; echo 'Warning: apt-listbugs exited abnormally, hit enter key to continue.' 1>&2 ; read a < /dev/tty ); fi";
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";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives";
- -- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 400
- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- [stripped manually]
# non-us unstable
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
# stable
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
# unstable
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
# experimental
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main non-free contrib
# some old stuff needed once
deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2004/06/10/debian unstable main contrib non-free
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (400, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.3
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.4-2 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
- -- no debconf information
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