Bug#195510: [libapt-pkg] apt-get -s remove displays candidate version - also breaks on tristate upgrade path
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 07:46:58PM +0200, browaeys.alban@wanadoo.fr wrote:
> Does this fix all issues in :
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=204780
> if so could they be merged ?
This is a different bug, and has only to do with the informational output.
It is not the same as #204780 et al.
> ALso could it explain this upgrade path which is broken in
> current apt (even apt 0.6):
>
> installed:
> "foo1" contains header.h
> "bar1" does not contains headers.h
>
> installing "x":
> "x" depends on "bar2"
> "bar2" contains header.h
> "foo2" does not contains header.h
>
> processing installation:
> apt install "x" and "bar2" : this breaks on "bar2" trying to
> overwrite header.h from "foo1".
> Upgrade stop .(sometimes foo2 is upgrade first i guess it
> depends on the ordering, in this case everything works well)
>
> Retrying to upgade:
> "x" is in broken state . apt try to resolve the problem before
> anything.
> One have to dpkg -i foo2 else apt is stuck.
This has nothing to do with apt; it indicates a bug in the package (it must
declare a Conflicts or Replaces if it contains the same files as another
package).
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- mdz
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