Bug#546706: apt fails to fix system state
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.23.1
Severity: important
On apt-get -f install apt installs the missing dependecies *and* removes
the package with missing dependencies.
# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-video-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
x11proto-xf86misc-dev x11proto-gl-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev
x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-xf86misc-dev
The following packages will be REMOVED:
xserver-xorg-video-ati-build-deps
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev
x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-xf86misc-dev
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 267kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,610kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ^C
# apt-get --no-remove -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-video-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
x11proto-xf86misc-dev x11proto-gl-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev
x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-xf86misc-dev
The following packages will be REMOVED:
xserver-xorg-video-ati-build-deps
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev
x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-xf86misc-dev
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
E: Packages need to be removed but remove is disabled.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (290, 'stable-i386'), (280, 'testing-i386'), (270, 'unstable-i386'), (1, 'experimental-i386'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
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 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 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 1.0.5-1 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
pn python-apt <none> (no description available)
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