Bug#369437: apt-get shouldn't say that A replaces B while A depends on B
severity 369437 minor
retitle 369437 "However the following packages replace it" is simple-minded
thanks
On Mon, May 29, 2006 at 08:49:32PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.6.44.1
> Severity: normal
>
> apt-get gives a confusing message:
>
> ay:~> sudo apt-get install -t unstable sun-java5-bin
> Password:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Package sun-java5-bin is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> However the following packages replace it:
> sun-java5-jre
> E: Package sun-java5-bin has no installation candidate
>
> It shouldn't say that sun-java5-jre replaces sun-java5-bin because
> the user needs sun-java5-bin anyway (indeed sun-java5-jre depends
> on sun-java5-bin).
This feature looks at the Replaces field to guess that another package might
be meant to supersede the one that the user is looking for. It should be
worded less authoritatively since this is at best a hint where to look for a
solution.
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- mdz
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