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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: wrong dependency information about libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8
- From: "Mahesh T. Pai" <paivakil@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:34:52 +0530
- Message-id: <20100419140452.4743.52303.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.26~exp3
Severity: normal
Tags: experimental sid
The problem is, aptitude is uninstallable for past few days here.
<quote>
:~$ sudo apt-get -t experimental install aptitude
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
aptitude : Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8
Depends: libept0 (>= 0.5.30) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: apt-xapian-index but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
</quote>
<quote>
:~$ sudo apt-get -t experimental install libept0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
libept0 : Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8
E: Broken packages
</quote>
<quote>
:~$ home sudo apt-get install libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8 is a virtual package provided by:
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8 has no installation candidate
</quote>
1. Why there is no info after "...provided by:"
2. apt version 0.7.26~exp3 is installed. Why do I
still get the above messages?
"apt-cache show apt" shows this in the "provides"
line - " libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.8"
Same problem with:-
<quote>
:~$ sudo apt-get install -t install libapt-inst-libc6.9-6-1.1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package libapt-inst-libc6.9-6-1.1 is a virtual package provided by:
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package libapt-inst-libc6.9-6-1.1 has no installation candidate
</quote>
(Listed as a dependency for python-apt)
TIA.
-- 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::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
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::netrc "auth.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::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#deb ftp://ftp.debian-multimedia.org unstable main
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main #contrib non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (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 2.11-0exp7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.5-20100404-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.5-20100404-1 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 | wajig <none> (no description available)
ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.5.6 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
pn python-apt <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: apt
Source-Version: 0.7.26~exp4
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
apt, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
apt-doc_0.7.26~exp4_all.deb
to main/a/apt/apt-doc_0.7.26~exp4_all.deb
apt-transport-https_0.7.26~exp4_i386.deb
to main/a/apt/apt-transport-https_0.7.26~exp4_i386.deb
apt-utils_0.7.26~exp4_i386.deb
to main/a/apt/apt-utils_0.7.26~exp4_i386.deb
apt_0.7.26~exp4.dsc
to main/a/apt/apt_0.7.26~exp4.dsc
apt_0.7.26~exp4.tar.gz
to main/a/apt/apt_0.7.26~exp4.tar.gz
apt_0.7.26~exp4_i386.deb
to main/a/apt/apt_0.7.26~exp4_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-dev_0.7.26~exp4_i386.deb
to main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_0.7.26~exp4_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-doc_0.7.26~exp4_all.deb
to main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-doc_0.7.26~exp4_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 578385@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> (supplier of updated apt package)
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Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 09:32:54 +0200
Source: apt
Binary: apt apt-doc libapt-pkg-dev libapt-pkg-doc apt-utils apt-transport-https
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 0.7.26~exp4
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>
Description:
apt - Advanced front-end for dpkg
apt-doc - Documentation for APT
apt-transport-https - APT https transport
apt-utils - APT utility programs
libapt-pkg-dev - Development files for APT's libapt-pkg and libapt-inst
libapt-pkg-doc - Documentation for APT development
Closes: 523920 525783 576420 577116 577117 577168 577226 577759 578267 578385 578657 578959
Changes:
apt (0.7.26~exp4) experimental; urgency=low
.
[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
- rewrite the pseudo package reinstaller to be more intelligent
in his package choices
* apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc:
- don't try to "unpack" pseudo packages twice
* apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc:
- add a parent-guarded "mkdir -p" as CreateDirectory()
* apt-pkg/acquire.{cc,h}:
- add a delayed constructor with Setup() for success reporting
- check for and create directories in Setup if needed instead of
error out unfriendly in the Constructor (Closes: #523920, #525783)
- optional handle a lock file in Setup()
* apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc:
- Acquire::ForceHash to force method for expected hash
* cmdline/apt-get.cc:
- remove the lock file handling and let Acquire take care of it instead
- display MD5Sum in --print-uris if not forced to use another method
instead of displaying the strongest available (Closes: #576420)
- regex for package names executed on Grp- not PkgIterator
- show non-candidates as fallback for virtual packages (Closes: #578385)
- set also "all" to this version for pseudo packages in TryToChangeVer
* apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
- remove Chroot-Directory from files passed to install commands.
Thanks to Kel Modderman for report & patch! (Closes: #577226)
* ftparchive/writer.cc:
- remove 999 chars Files and Checksums rewrite limit (Closes: #577759)
* cmdline/apt-cache.cc:
- align Installed and Candidate Version in policy so they can be compared
easier, thanks Ralf Gesellensetter for the pointer! (Closes: #578657)
* doc/apt.ent:
- Add a note about APT_CONFIG in the -c description (Closes: #578267)
* doc/po/de.po:
- correct typos in german apt_preferences manpage, thanks Chris Leick!
* apt-pkg/sourcelist.cc:
- be less strict and accept [option=value] as well
* apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc:
- error out if #clear directive has no argument
* doc/files.sgml:
- sync documentation with status quo, regarding files/directories in
use, extended_states and uri schemes.
* doc/cache.sgml:
- drop the file in favor of inplace documentation with doxygen
* apt-pkg/pkgcache.h:
- enhance the Groups ABI by providing a ID as the other structs does
- check also the size of the Group struct then checking for the others
.
[ Jari Aalto ]
* cmdline/apt-get.cc:
- replace backticks with single quotes around fix-broken command
in the broken packages message. (Closes: #577168)
* dselect/install:
- modernize if-statements not to use 'x' (Closes: #577117)
- replace backticks with POSIX $() (Closes: #577116)
.
[ Michael Vogt ]
* [ Abi break ] apt-pkg/acquire-item.{cc,h}:
- add "IsIndexFile" to constructor of pkgAcqFile so that it sends
the right cache control headers
* cmdline/apt-get.cc:
- fix crash when pkg.VersionList() is empty
* apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
- fix incorrect std::cout usage for debug output
* test/libapt/getlanguages_test.cc:
- Add test for Esperanto that has nocounty associated with them
(LP: #560956)
* apt-pkg/deb/debrecords.cc:
- fix max tag buffer size (LP: #545336, closes: #578959)
* debian/rules:
- install html doxygen in libapt-pkg-doc
* debian/control:
- build-depend on doxygen
.
[ Julian Andres Klode ]
* apt-pkg/contrib/weakptr.h:
- add a class WeakPointable which allows one to register weak pointers to
an object which will be set to NULL when the object is deallocated.
* [ABI break] apt-pkg/acquire{-worker,-item,}.h:
- subclass pkgAcquire::{Worker,Item,ItemDesc} from WeakPointable.
* apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
- Merge fix from David to correct handling in single-arch environments.
* cmdline/apt-cache.cc:
- Add a showauto command to apt-cache.
* cmdline/apt-get.cc:
- Add apt-get markauto and unmarkauto commands.
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