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Bug#360982: marked as done (Doesn't resolve file conflicts with obsolete packages)

Your message dated Mon, 1 May 2006 16:35:01 +0200
with message-id <20060501143500.GB7243@top.ping.de>
and subject line Bug#360982: apt: dist-upgrade failed to remove obsolete package
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Package: apt
Version: 0.6.43.3
Severity: normal


(Please see also BTS bug 360775.)

dist-upgrade apparently failed to remove obsolete packages from
Woody.

I tried to dist-upgrade from unstable to unstable, and got
a conflict between gnome-games-data and gnome-card-games. I
filed a bug against gnome-games-data, but that package's
maintainer replied that gnome-card-games is from Woody and
"upgrading from Woody is not supported". But I am running
unstable, not Woody, and have been running unstable for many,
many months.

This means that for the past couple of years or so, apt-get
dist-upgrade never realized that it should delete gnome-card-games
from my system.

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Cache-Limit "16777216";
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::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
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";
Acquire "";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://proxy:3128";;

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

##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://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
#deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable 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

# scim-anthy is now part of Debian proper
#deb http://everybody.good-day.net/~ikuya/debian/sarge/scim-misc/ ./
#deb http://everybody.good-day.net/~ikuya/debian/sarge/anthy-ss/ ./

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.4.28-ow1
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5 (charmap=BIG5)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-4    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.1.0-1  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.1.0-1    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

Versions of packages apt recommends:
pn  debian-archive-keyring        <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 02:45:09PM -0400, Ambrose Li wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.6.43.3
> Severity: normal

Thanks for your bugreport. 
 
> (Please see also BTS bug 360775.)
> 
> dist-upgrade apparently failed to remove obsolete packages from
> Woody.
[..]

As was pointed out before, apt only removes packages if you ask for
it. I'm sorry, but I'll close the bugreport on this ground. If you
disagree feel free to reopen it as a wishlist bug that apt-get
dist-upgrade should remove obsolete packages on dist-upgrades (if that
hasn't been reported already).

Various apt frontends (aptitude, synaptic) have a list of obsolete
packages that may be helpful as well.
 
> I tried to dist-upgrade from unstable to unstable, and got
> a conflict between gnome-games-data and gnome-card-games. I
> filed a bug against gnome-games-data, but that package's
> maintainer replied that gnome-card-games is from Woody and
> "upgrading from Woody is not supported". But I am running
> unstable, not Woody, and have been running unstable for many,
> many months.

Debian only supports upgrades from one release to the next. This means
that from woody you have to go to sarge first. If you upgraded from
woody directly to unstable problems like this may happen. 

> This means that for the past couple of years or so, apt-get
> dist-upgrade never realized that it should delete gnome-card-games
> from my system.

If there was never a conflict declared for any package on your system
with gnome-card-games this is expetected behavior. 

Cheers,
 Michael

-- 
Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo

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