Bug#493658: apt: dist-upgrade inconsistently installs things
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.14+b1
Severity: important
$ apt-get dist-upgrade
...
The following NEW packages will be installed
xli xscreensaver
^C
Why is xscreensaver going to be installed?
$ aptitude why xscreensaver
i xscreensaver-gl-extra Recommends xscreensaver
I see. But why then, are Recommendations made by other packages not
followed? For instance, I have evolution installed which Recommends
bogofilter. But I don't see apt offering to install it on a
dist-upgrade.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "1";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:::: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "7";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "1";
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";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
RPM "";
RPM::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
RPM::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
RPM::Post-Invoke "";
RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable";
Acquire "";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::DL-Limit "85";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable
Pin-Priority: 540
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 530
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 520
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 510
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# testing
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
# unstable
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# experimental
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
# multimedia
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
# vmware, emulation stuff
# deb http://www.fbriere.net/debian/dists/stable/ /
# deb http://www.fbriere.net/debian/dists/unstable/ /
# deb-src http://www.fbriere.net/debian/dists/etch/ /
# mentors
deb-src http://mentors.debian.net/debian/ unstable main
# skype
# deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
# Opera
# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free
# kernels <http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel>
# deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main
# deb-src http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel trunk main
# deb http://kernel-archive.buildserver.net/debian-kernel sid main
# vim: set nowrap
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (530, 'testing'), (520, 'unstable'), (510, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-2 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii apt-doc 0.7.14 Documentation for APT
ii aptitude 0.4.11.8-1 terminal-based package manager
ii bzip2 1.0.5-0.1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.20 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii synaptic 0.62.1 Graphical package manager
-- no debconf information
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