Bug#266972: apt-get dist-upgrade wants to install a new unrequested package
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27
Severity: normal
ay:~> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -s
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libmusicbrainz4
The following packages have been kept back:
hwinfo inn2 inn2-inews libgnome2-java libgtk2-java straw zinf zinf-extras
zinf-plugin-alsa zinf-plugin-arts zinf-plugin-esound
The following packages will be upgraded:
libtiff3g libtiff3g-dev
2 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
Inst libmusicbrainz4 (2.1.1-3 Debian:testing)
Inst libtiff3g-dev [3.5.7-2] (3.6.1-1 Debian:testing) []
Inst libtiff3g [3.5.7-2] (3.6.1-1 Debian:testing)
Conf libmusicbrainz4 (2.1.1-3 Debian:testing)
Conf libtiff3g (3.6.1-1 Debian:testing)
Conf libtiff3g-dev (3.6.1-1 Debian:testing)
One can see that "apt-get dist-upgrade" wants to install the new
package libmusicbrainz4, though libtiff3g-dev and libtiff3g don't
depend on it. There's no reason to install an orphaned library.
Note: zinf depends on libmusicbrainz4, but it will not be installed
anyway.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "powerpc";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
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::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:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 200
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# /etc/apt/sources.list
deb file:///usr/local/deb/ ./
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
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://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
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
# $Id: sources.list 4042 2004-07-28 10:25:03Z lefevre $
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-powerpc
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-5 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-6sarge1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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