Bug#534348: Choose the right module for running kernel when pulling in "-modules" virtual packages

["Jason A. Spiro" <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>]

tags 534348 -moreinfo
thanks

Thanks for your reply.  I have attached a typescript with the info you
requested.  If you need any further information, don't hesitate to
ask.

By the way, note that the exact same problem happens in aptitude;
aptitude installs Recommends by default.

Cheers,
-Jason

Script started on jeu 02 jui 2009 01:59:45 UTC


[j@pequeno ~]$ uname -a

Linux pequeno 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Thu Mar 26 01:08:11 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux


[j@pequeno ~]$ 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::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";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
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";


[j@pequeno ~]$ apt-cache policy tp-smapi-modules

tp-smapi-modules:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:


[j@pequeno ~]$ apt-cache policy tp-smapi-modules-2.6.29-2-486 tp-smapi-modules-2.6.29-2-686

tp-smapi-modules-2.6.29-2-486:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.6.29+0.40-5
  Version table:
     2.6.29+0.40-5 0
        650 http://debian.uchicago.edu unstable/main Packages
tp-smapi-modules-2.6.29-2-686:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.6.29+0.40-5
  Version table:
     2.6.29+0.40-5 0
        650 http://debian.uchicago.edu unstable/main Packages


[j@pequeno ~]$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20050607)]/ untesting main

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

# Note: see /etc/apt/preferences to see if pinning is enabled

# stable
#deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

# testing
deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

# unstable
deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

# backports
#deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free

# Oracle
#deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian unstable main non-free

# Wine
#deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main
#deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt breezy main

# Me
#deb http://www.jspiro.com/files/debian experimental/
#deb-src http://www.jspiro.com/files/debian experimental/

# VirtualBox (non-OSE, since I want USB support to sync Treo), for virtualbox-2.1
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free

# Skype
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free


[j@pequeno ~]$ cat /etc/apt/preferences 

Package: swfdec-mozilla
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 800

Package: mozilla-plugin-gnash
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 800

Package: gnash
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 800

Package: gnash-common
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 800

Package: crawl
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 800

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 650


[j@pequeno ~]$ exit

Script done on jeu 02 jui 2009 02:00:37 UTC