Bug#267289: apt-get dist-upgrade does not upgrade all packages
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27
Severity: normal
On upgrading from woody to sarge apt-get dist-upgrade did not upgrade all
packages. It seems to fail if it needs to remove old packages which are
not needed anymore:
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
gimageview (0.1.9-2 => 0.2.25-1)
imagemagick (5.4.4.5-1woody2 => 5.5.7.9-1.1)
mc (4.5.55-1.2woody3 => 4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-3)
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
# apt-get install mc
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
mc-common* (4.5.55-1.2woody3)
The following packages will be upgraded:
mc (4.5.55-1.2woody3 => 4.6.0-4.6.1-pre1-3)
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 1992kB of archives.
After unpacking 483kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
# apt-get install gimageview
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
imagemagick (5.5.7.9-1.1)
liblcms1 (1.12-2)
libmagick5.5.7 (5.5.7.9-1.1)
libmng1 (1.0.5-1)
Suggested packages:
html2ps (1.0b3-3.1)
liblcms-utils (1.12-2)
The following packages will be REMOVED:
liblcms* (1.08-3)
libmagick5* (5.4.4.5-1woody2)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
liblcms1 (1.12-2)
libmagick5.5.7 (5.5.7.9-1.1)
libmng1 (1.0.5-1)
The following packages will be upgraded:
gimageview (0.1.9-2 => 0.2.25-1)
imagemagick (5.4.4.5-1woody2 => 5.5.7.9-1.1)
2 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 2 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 3113kB of archives.
After unpacking 3523kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Installation works without problems.
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-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Clean-Installed "false";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::Fix-Broken "true";
APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
APT::Get::Show-Versions "true";
APT::Get::Purge "true";
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";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
Acquire "";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://http-proxy:8080/";;
Acquire::http::Max-Age "3600";
DSelect "";
DSelect::Clean "never";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=sarge-proposed-updates,o=Debian,l=Debian
Pin-Priority: 750
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing-proposed-updates,o=Debian,l=Debian
Pin-Priority: 750
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing,o=Debian,l=Debian-Security
Pin-Priority: 750
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing,o=Debian,l=Debian
Pin-Priority: 750
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable,o=Debian,l=Debian
Pin-Priority: 650
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# --- Sarge --------------------------------------------------------------------
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sarge-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security sarge/updates main contrib non-free
# --- Sid ----------------------------------------------------------------------
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (750, 'testing'), (650, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.25
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-4sarge1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-6sarge1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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