Bug#360982: apt: dist-upgrade failed to remove obsolete package
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
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