Bug#351056: many packages involved, not just python-twisted

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Andrew Schulman <andrex@alumni.utexas.net> writes:

>> >> apt-get clean; apt-get upgrade
>> >
>> > No, this does not fix the problem.  apt-get still wants to reinstall
>> > all of the same packages.
>>
>> Once or more than once?
>
> Every time.  I run apt-get clean, and then every time I run apt-get 
> dist-upgrade it wants to reinstall the same list of packages.  A.

Does 'apt-cache policy foobar' list a version twice for the packages?

e.g.:
mrvn@frosties:~% apt-cache policy bash
bash:
  Installed: 3.0-14
  Candidate: 3.0-14
  Version Table:
 *** 3.0-14 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.05b-26 0
        500 http://storage stable/main Packages
     2.05b-26 0
        500 http://storage stable-i386/main Packages

Those are two bash 2.05b-26 packages that apt considers different.


mrvn@frosties:~% apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
  Installed: 2.3.2.ds1-22
  Candidate: 2.3.2.ds1-22
  Version Table:
 *** 2.3.2.ds1-22 0
        500 http://storage stable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Those two apt considers equal.

MfG
        Goswin