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Package: apt
Version: 0.8.10.3
Severity: minor
Hello,
thank you for maintaining Apt.
The apt-cache manpage summary should be changed to something like "query
the APT cache". At the moment it says:
NAME
apt-cache - APT package handling utility -- cache manipulator
But later on the description says: "apt-cache does not manipulate the
state of the system":
DESCRIPTION
apt-cache performs a variety of operations on APT's package cache. apt-cache does not
manipulate the state of the system but does provide operations to search and generate
interesting output from the package metadata.
So, "query the APT cache" would probably be a better summary.
Ciao,
Enrico
-- 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:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
RPM "";
RPM::Pre-Invoke "";
RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
RPM::Post-Invoke "";
RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "${distro_id} stable";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "${distro_id} ${distro_codename}-security";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#
# deb-src cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official Multi-architecture i386/amd64/powerpc/source DVD #1 20070407-12:57]/ etch contrib main
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official Multi-architecture i386/amd64/powerpc/source DVD #1 20070407-12:57]/ etch contrib main
#
#deb-src cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official Multi-architecture i386/amd64/powerpc/source DVD #1 20070407-12:57]/ etch contrib main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official Multi-architecture i386/amd64/powerpc/source DVD #1 20070407-12:57]/ etch contrib main
# Experimental
#deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
#deb http://localhost:9999/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://localhost:9999/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
# Unstable
#deb http://localhost:9999/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
# Squeeze
deb http://localhost:9999/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://localhost:9999/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
# Squeeze updates
deb http://localhost:9999/security/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://localhost:9999/security/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
#deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
# Multimedia
#deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze main
#deb http://kde4.debian.net/ lenny main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-8 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.6.3-3.2 terminal-based package manager (te
ii bzip2 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.10 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii python-apt 0.7.100.1 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii synaptic 0.70~pre1+b1 Graphical package manager
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: apt
Source-Version: 0.8.11
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_0.8.11_all.deb
to main/a/apt/apt-doc_0.8.11_all.deb
apt-transport-https_0.8.11_i386.deb
to main/a/apt/apt-transport-https_0.8.11_i386.deb
apt-utils_0.8.11_i386.deb
to main/a/apt/apt-utils_0.8.11_i386.deb
apt_0.8.11.dsc
to main/a/apt/apt_0.8.11.dsc
apt_0.8.11.tar.gz
to main/a/apt/apt_0.8.11.tar.gz
apt_0.8.11_i386.deb
to main/a/apt/apt_0.8.11_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-dev_0.8.11_i386.deb
to main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-dev_0.8.11_i386.deb
libapt-pkg-doc_0.8.11_all.deb
to main/a/apt/libapt-pkg-doc_0.8.11_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 612009@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)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)
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Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:58:12 +0100
Source: apt
Binary: apt apt-doc libapt-pkg-dev libapt-pkg-doc apt-utils apt-transport-https
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 0.8.11
Distribution: unstable
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: 82738 184730 254770 330162 393005 511168 526990 549968 572709 588423 592107 594495 594694 597615 601961 604222 604401 607636 607803 611569 612009 612099
Changes:
apt (0.8.11) unstable; urgency=low
.
[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
- add SetCandidateRelease() to set a candidate version and
the candidates of dependencies if needed to a specified
release (Closes: #572709)
- allow conflicts in the same group again (Closes: #612099)
* cmdline/apt-get.cc:
- if --print-uris is used don't setup downloader as we don't need
progress, lock nor the directories it would create otherwise
- show dependencies of essential packages which are going to remove
only if they cause the remove of this essential (Closes: #601961)
- keep not installed garbage packages uninstalled instead of showing
in the autoremove section and installing those (Closes: #604222)
- change pkg/release behavior to use the new SetCandidateRelease
so installing packages from experimental or backports is easier
- really do not show packages in the extra section if they were
requested on the commandline, e.g. with a modifier (Closes: #184730)
- always do removes first and set not installed remove packages
on hold to prevent temporary installation later (Closes: #549968)
* debian/control:
- add Vcs-Browser now that loggerhead works again (Closes: #511168)
- depend on debhelper 7 to raise compat level
- depend on dpkg-dev (>= 1.15.8) to have c++ symbol mangling
* apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc:
- add a RealFileExists method and check that your configuration files
are real files to avoid endless loops if not (Closes: #604401)
- ignore non-regular files in GetListOfFilesInDir (Closes: #594694)
* apt-pkg/contrib/weakptr.h:
- include stddefs.h to fix compile error (undefined NULL) with gcc-4.6
* methods/https.cc:
- fix CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST by really passing 2 to it if enabled
* deb/dpkgpm.cc:
- fix popen/fclose mismatch reported by cppcheck. Thanks to Petter
Reinholdtsen for report and patch! (Closes: #607803)
* doc/apt.conf.5.xml:
- fix multipl{y,e} spelling error reported by Jakub Wilk (Closes: #607636)
* apt-inst/contrib/extracttar.cc:
- let apt-utils work with encoded tar headers if uid/gid are large.
Thanks to Nobuhiro Hayashi for the patch! (Closes: #330162)
* apt-pkg/cacheiterator.h:
- do not segfault if cache is not build (Closes: #254770)
* doc/apt-get.8.xml:
- remove duplicated mentioning of --install-recommends
* doc/sources.list.5.xml:
- remove obsolete references to non-us (Closes: #594495)
- a notice is printed for ignored files (Closes: #597615)
* debian/rules:
- use -- instead of deprecated -u for dh_gencontrol
- remove shlibs.local creation and usage
- show differences in the symbol files, but never fail
* pre-build.sh:
- remove as it is not needed for a working 'bzr bd'
* debian/{apt,apt-utils}.symbols:
- ship experimental unmangled c++ symbol files
* methods/rred.cc:
- operate optional on gzip compressed pdiffs
* apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc:
- don't uncompress downloaded pdiff files before feeding it to rred
- try downloading clearsigned InRelease before trying Release.gpg
- change the internal handling of Extensions in pkgAcqIndex
- add a special uncompressed compression type to prefer those files
- download and use i18n/Index to choose which Translations to download
* cmdline/apt-key:
- don't set trustdb-name as non-root so 'list' and 'finger'
can be used without being root (Closes: #393005, #592107)
* apt-pkg/deb/deblistparser.cc:
- rewrite LoadReleaseInfo to cope with clearsigned Releasefiles
* ftparchive/writer.cc:
- add config option to search for more patterns in release command
- include Index files by default in the Release file
* methods/{gzip,bzip}.cc:
- print a good error message if FileSize() is zero
* apt-pkg/aptconfiguration.cc:
- remove the inbuilt Translation files whitelist
* cmdline/apt-cache.cc:
- remove not implemented 'apt-cache add' command
* doc/apt-cache.8.xml:
- describe reality as apt-cache just queries and doesn't manipulate
the caches. Thanks to Enrico Zini for spotting it! (Closes: #612009)
* apt-pkg/algorithms.cc:
- mark pseudo packages of installed all packages as configured
in the simulation as we don't call configure for these packages
* apt-pkg/pkgcachegen.cc:
- in multiarch, let :all packages conflict with :any packages
with a different version to be sure
* apt-pkg/contrib/error.cc:
- remove 400 char size limit of error messages (LP: #365611)
.
[ Michael Vogt ]
* methods/http.cc:
- do not hang if Acquire::http::ProxyAutoDetect can not be
executed or returns no data (LP: #654393)
* debian/apt.conf.autoremove:
- never autoremove the GNU/Hurd kernel (closes: #588423), thanks
to Guillem Jover
* apt-pkg/cdrom.cc, apt-pkg/init.cc, methods/cdrom.cc:
- use /media/cdrom as default mountoint (closes: #611569)
* cmdline/apt-get.cc:
- add apt-get changelog (closes: #526990)
- add apt-get download (closes: #82738)
.
[ Martin Pitt ]
* test/integration/test-compressed-indexes, test/test-indexes.sh:
- Explicitly disable compressed indexes at the start. This ensures that we
will actually test uncompressed indexes regardless of the internal
default value of Acquire::GzipIndexes.
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