Bug#369781: apt: fails to install packages from cdrom in presence of pre-depends
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.43.3
Severity: normal
Hello,
Yesterday, I tried to install ilisp and got (approximately) the error:
could not configure pre-depends, possible dependency cycle
There are no dependency cycles, but from what was happening when I
installed it by hand, I deduce that the problem was that I was
installing from a cdrom, and the situation was as follows:
- ilisp pre-depends: common-lisp-controller
- common-lisp-controller depends: something I don't remember, let's say X
- ilisp and X are on CD1
- common-lisp-controller is on CD2
The problem is that apt asked for CD1 first (it's logical, because
common-lisp-controller was not installable at that time), and by
the way tried to install ilisp, which needs common-lisp-controller
configured, but that couldn't be because CD2 hadn't been inserted.
Shouldn't apt do something more reasonable than just failing?
Regards
Jiri Palecek
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-2) (ignored: LC_ALL set to cs_CZ)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-3 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
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