Package: apt Version: 0.7.20.2 Severity: minor Hello, something strange is going on with apt-get: ===== gismo:/etc# apt-get install qemubuilder Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: bochsbios openhackware openbios-ppc openbios-sparc vgabios \ esound-common libasyncns0 proll libpulse0 libesd-alsa0 libbluetooth2 \ libvdeplug2 libaudiofile0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following extra packages will be installed: bochsbios bridge-utils debootstrap esound-common kvm libasyncns0 libaudiofile0 libbluetooth2 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libesd-alsa0 libpulse0 \ libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsvga1 libvdeplug2 libx86-1 \ openbios-ppc openbios-sparc openhackware proll vgabios Suggested packages: vde2 samba kvm-source esound pulseaudio qemu Recommended packages: esound-clients The following NEW packages will be installed: bochsbios bridge-utils debootstrap esound-common kvm libasyncns0 \ libaudiofile0 libbluetooth2 libdirectfb-1.2-0 libesd-alsa0 libpulse0 \ libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsvga1 libvdeplug2 libx86-1 \ openbios-ppc openbios-sparc openhackware proll qemubuilder vgabios 0 upgraded, 22 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 4431kB of archives. After this operation, 12.2MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ^C gismo:/etc# ===== FYI, the single package listed as not fully installed or removed is slime, because of bug #518021 [1] (full output at bug #519455 [2]). Going back to the real bug, according to apt-get, I can remove a bunch of packages which are no longer required. Unfortunately, these packages are not even installed: ===== gismo:/etc# dpkg -s bochsbios Package `bochsbios' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. gismo:/etc# dpkg -s openbios-ppc Package `openbios-ppc' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. gismo:/etc# dpkg -s proll Package `proll' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. gismo:/etc# ===== Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] http://bugs.debian.org/518021 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/519455 -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "false"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "none"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Cache-Limit "88388604"; APT::Default-Release "unstable"; 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-Invoke ""; DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; 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/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; RPM ""; RPM::Pre-Invoke ""; RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi"; RPM::Post-Invoke ""; RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi"; Acquire ""; Acquire::PDiffs "false"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (no /etc/apt/sources.list present) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.9-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.3-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) pn aptitude | synaptic | gnome-a <none> (no description available) ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.14.25 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.8 Python interface to libapt-pkg -- no debconf information
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