Bug#374195: apt: Can't do anything: "terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'"
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.44.2
Severity: important
I'm using Debian/unstable. Running a normal 'apt-get upgrade' today,
apt-get failed. Now I get:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
python-central: Depends: python (>= 2.3.5-9) but 2.3.5-5 is installed
python-dev: Depends: python (= 2.3.5-10) but 2.3.5-5 is installed
python2.4-dev: Depends: python2.4 (= 2.4.3-7) but 2.4.3-5 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
But that gives:
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Correcting dependencies...Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
python python2.4 python2.4-minimal
Suggested packages:
python-profiler python2.4-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
python python2.4 python2.4-minimal
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.
11 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/3627kB of archives.
After unpacking 86.0kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Reading changelogs... Done
dpkg: python2.4: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
python2.4-cairo depends on python2.4.
python2.4-gnome2 depends on python2.4 (>= 2.3.90).
python2.4-gnome2 depends on python2.4.
python2.4-gnome2 depends on python2.4 (>= 2.3.90).
python2.4-gnome2 depends on python2.4.
hal-device-manager depends on python2.4.
python2.4-glade2 depends on python2.4.
python2.4-libxml2 depends on python2.4.
python2.4-pyorbit depends on python2.4.
python2.4-gtk2 depends on python2.4.
python2.4-dbus depends on python2.4.
dpkg: error processing python2.4 (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
what(): basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
zsh: abort (core dumped) sudo apt-get install -f
Trying to remove python2.4 gives:
$ sudo apt-get remove python2.4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
hal-device-manager: Depends: python2.4 but it is not going to be installed
python-central: Depends: python (>= 2.3.5-9) but 2.3.5-5 is to be installed
python-dev: Depends: python (= 2.3.5-10) but 2.3.5-5 is to be installed
python2.4-cairo: Depends: python2.4 but it is not going to be installed
python2.4-dbus: Depends: python2.4 but it is not going to be installed
python2.4-dev: Depends: python2.4 (= 2.4.3-7) but it is not going to
be installed
python2.4-glade2: Depends: python2.4 but it is not going to be installed
python2.4-gnome2: Depends: python2.4 (>= 2.3.90) but it is not going
to be installed
Depends: python2.4 but it is not going to be installed
python2.4-gtk2: Depends: python2.4 but it is not going to be installed
python2.4-libxml2: Depends: python2.4 but it is not going to be installed
python2.4-pyorbit: Depends: python2.4 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).
I don't know how to fix this :-( Thanks,
-- 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::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/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "test -f /var/run/zope.restart && invoke-rc.d zope
restart ; rm -f /var/run/zope.restart";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US
# This is the main one we use... TAL 16-Jun-2002
deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
#deb http://www.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib
#deb-src http://www.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
contrib non-free
#deb http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable
main non-free contrib
#deb-src http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable
main non-free contrib
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
contrib non-free
#deb http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/debian unstable/
#deb http://www.coker.com.au/newselinux/ ./
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-686
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-5 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-5 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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Dr Thomas Leonard http://rox.sourceforge.net
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