Bug#277909: marked as done (/usr/bin/apt-get: wildcards select nonmatching packets)
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Subject: /usr/bin/apt-get: wildcards select nonmatching packets
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27
Severity: critical
Justification: may remove unrelated software
apt-get remove --purge "ntp*" selects non matching packets
including essential ones like mount or login.
bksys:/etc/default# apt-get remove --purge "ntp*"
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
Note, selecting liblog-agent-logger-perl for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting popularity-contest for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting xfont-nexus for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting libgnomeprint-dev for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting ident2 for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting libsword-runtime for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting xfonts-bolkhov-iso for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting libc-client2003debian for regex 'ntp*'
[lots more packages selected]
Note, selecting build-essential for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting libroxen-ntuserauth for regex 'ntp*'
Note, selecting dhcp-client for regex 'ntp*'
The following packages will be REMOVED:
adduser* alien* apache* apache-ssl* at* base-config* bash* console-common*
console-data* console-tools* cron* crossfire-client* crossfire-client-gtk*
cvs* ddd* debhelper* dlint* emacs20* esound-clients* ethereal* exim*
fetchmail* fontconfig* freeciv* freeciv-client-gtk* freeciv-gtk* gconf2*
gettext* gettext-base* gettext-el* gnome-keyring* gs* gs-common* gs-gpl*
gsfonts* i2c-source* indent* initscripts* intltool-debian* jadetex* kdelibs3*
kdelibs3-bin* kpm* lclint* lesstif1* lesstif2* libauthen-pam-perl*
libbonoboui2-0* libc-client2001* libc-client2002ddebian*
libc-client2002edebian* libc-client2003debian* libc-client4.7*
libdbd-mysql-perl* libfontconfig1* libgail-common* libgail17* libgconf2-4*
libgimp1.2* libgimp2.0* libgimpprint1* libglade-gnome0* libglade0*
libglade2-0* libgnome-keyring0* libgnome2-0* libgnome2-common*
libgnomecanvas2-0* libgnomeui-0* libgnomevfs2-0* libgnomevfs2-common*
libgtk2.0-0* libgtk2.0-bin* libgtk2.0-common* libgtkhtml2-0* libident*
libmagick5.5.7* libmysqlclient10* libmysqlclient12* libmysqlclient6*
libopenldap-runtime* libopenldap1* libpam-modules* libpam-runtime* libpam0g*
libpango1.0-0* libpango1.0-common* libqt2* librsvg2-2* librsvg2-common*
libsasl7* libsmbclient* libwmf0.2-2* libwmf0.2-7* libxft1* libxft2*
linuxconf* lm-sensors* lm-sensors-source* login* logrotate* mailman* mailx*
memprof* midentd* modconf* module-assistant* modutils* mount* mrtg-contrib*
msttcorefonts* mutt* mysql-client* mysql-server* nfs-common* nfs-server* ntp*
ntp-doc* ntp-server* ntp-simple* nullidentd* passwd* php4-gd2* php4-mysql*
po-debconf* proftpd* proftpd-common* psfontmgr* qpopper* samba* samba-common*
screen* smbclient* smbfs* squirrelmail* ssh* sudo* swat* sysvinit* t1lib1*
task-dns-server* task-samba* telnetd* tetex-extra* tk8.0* tk8.2* tk8.2-dev*
tk8.3* tk8.3-dev* tktable* tktable-dev* uw-imapd* webmin* xbase-clients*
xlibs* xtv*
The following held packages will be changed:
uw-imapd
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
bash passwd (due to bash) login libpam-modules (due to login) libpam0g (due
to login) libpam-runtime (due to login) mount sysvinit initscripts (due to
sysvinit)
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 156 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 350MB disk space will be freed.
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bksys:/etc/default#
Not sure if severity critical is appropriate here, but it might
accidentially remove packages if no essential packages are selected and
the output is not carefully watched.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
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:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 650
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 700
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin Priority: 600
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb ftp://debian.inode.at/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb ftp://debian.inode.at/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src ftp://debian.inode.at/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
#deb-src ftp://debian.inode.at/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb ftp://debian.inode.at/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb ftp://debian.inode.at/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src ftp://debian.inode.at/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
#deb-src ftp://debian.inode.at/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free
deb ftp://debian.inode.at/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb ftp://debian.inode.at/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src ftp://debian.inode.at/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
#deb-src ftp://debian.inode.at/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org/ unstable/updates main contrib non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian woody main non-free
#deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main
#deb http://marillat.free.fr/ testing main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.24
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.2-2 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:11:14 +0100
From: "Adam D. Barratt" <debian-bts@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Resent-From: "Adam D. Barratt" <debian-bts@adam-barratt.org.uk>
To: Bernhard Kuemel <bernhard@bksys.at>, 277909@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#277909: /usr/bin/apt-get: wildcards select nonmatching packets
On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 12:28 +0200, Bernhard Kuemel wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.27
> Severity: critical
> Justification: may remove unrelated software
>
> apt-get remove --purge "ntp*" selects non matching packets
> including essential ones like mount or login.
No. It's selected *exactly* what you told it to.
> bksys:/etc/default# apt-get remove --purge "ntp*"
> Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree...
> Note, selecting liblog-agent-logger-perl for regex 'ntp*'
^^^^^^^^^
Note the key aspect there (*regex*). You asked it to remove packages
matching the regexp "n followed by t followed by zero or more
occurrences of p". mou*nt* matches that pattern, as do some of the other
packages. Those that don't will have been selected as dependencies of
those packages, or dependencies of their dependencies, or...
Regards,
Adam
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