Bug#545469: apt: dist-upgrade / autoremove fight over a package

[Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.7.22.2
Severity: normal


I get a constant loop of:

  $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  ...
  The following NEW packages will be installed
    librarian0
  ...

  $ sudo apt-get autoremove
  ...
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    librarian0
  The following packages will be REMOVED
    librarian0

The dist-upgrade step didn't want to upgrade any packages, simply
install one new one.


-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
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 "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "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 "30";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
APT::Default-Release "testing";
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::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
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";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then  touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

deb http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

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

deb http://packages.leonerd.dyndns.org/ unstable main
deb-src http://packages.leonerd.dyndns.org/ unstable main

deb http://opensource.mxtelecom.com/ubuntu jaunty-mx main

# Coda
deb http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/debian testing/
deb-src http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/debian testing/


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring        2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii  libc6                         2.9-25     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.1-1  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.1-1    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc                   <none>         (no description available)
ii  aptitude                  0.4.11.11-1+b2 terminal-based package manager
ii  bzip2                     1.0.5-3        high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  dpkg-dev                  1.15.3.1       Debian package development tools
ii  lzma                      4.43-14        Compression method of 7z format in
ii  python-apt                0.7.13.2       Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii  synaptic                  0.62.7+b1      Graphical package manager

-- no debconf information