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Package: apt
Version: 0.9.7.5
Severity: important
apt[itude] says on several packages 'not installed', however they are installed, as dpkg knows, for instance coreutils.
Thus aptitude finds a lot of unmet dependencies that actually aren't unmet.
And so aptitude thinks, that 119 packages are broken on my system, and it can't
resolve dependencies.
root@mash:~ # apt-get -s check
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
acpi-support : Depends: x11-xserver-utils but it is not installed
[...]
apache : Depends: libdb4.4 but it is not installable
Depends: mime-support but it is not installed
[...]
autofs : Depends: ucf but it is not installed
[...]
dpkg : PreDepends: coreutils (>= 5.93-1) but it is not installed
[etc.pp.]
root@mash:~ # dpkg -s x11-xserver-utils|head -2
Package: x11-xserver-utils
Status: install ok installed
root@mash:~ # dpkg -s libdb4.4|head -2
Package: libdb4.4
Status: install ok installed
root@mash:~ # dpkg -s mime-support|head -2
Package: mime-support
Status: hold ok installed
root@mash:~ # dpkg -s ucf|head -2
Package: ucf
Status: install ok installed
root@mash:~ # dpkg -s coreutils|head -3
Package: coreutils
Essential: yes
Status: install ok installed
Yesterday upgraded apt:i386 (0.8.15.9, 0.9.7.5), apt-utils:i386 (0.8.11.5, 0.9.7.5), aptitude:i386 (0.6.4-1.2, 0.6.8.1-2), installed libapt-pkg4.12:i386 (0.9.7.5), libept1.4.12:i386 (1.0.9), aptitude-common:i386 (0.6.8.1-2), libapt-inst1.5:i386 (0.9.7.5).
Greets, ed.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
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-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
# Testing
deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian testing main
#deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian testing main
#deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main
# Security updates for "stable"
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free
# Stable
deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian stable main
#deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian stable main
#deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main
# Sources
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#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/~kitame/mozilla ./
# XFree 4.2
#deb http://people.debian.org/~branden sid/i386/
#deb-src http://people.debian.org/~branden sid/source/
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.bootlogd
Locale: LANG=de_AT@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_AT (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
hi gnupg 1.4.6-2 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.7.5 package managment runtime library
ii libc6 2.13-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-12 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.6.2-7 GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.6.8.1-2 terminal-based package manager
ii dpkg-dev 1.15.8.10 Debian package development tools
pn python-apt <none> (no description available)
ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Hi Enno,
I am sorry, but your system is far from being supportable.
I am even a bit shocked that it works (or even boots) at all …
First, you have a lot of packages on hold, then, parts of your system
are in versions older than the version in oldstable (e.g. coreutils) -- for
others I can say that it is the "etchnhalf" release (e.g. sysv-rc) -- while
"most" packages come from squeeze, expect the occasional package from
wheezy more than one year ago (like libc6). APT/wheezy will not work here
(but your status file says APT/squeeze is installed - but that will not work
really reliable either). dpkg doesn't complain here because you have a
pre-squeeze version installed which hasn't the code to complain loudly:
It suffers silently as most of the rest of your system does.
In short: You have created a Debian (Toy Story) Frankenstein.
(Not to be confused with Mr. and Mrs. Potatohead)
APT is not supposed to (nor could it) work in such a hostile environment.
It is expected that you move from one Debian release to the next as
everything else will lead to problems sooner or later as it not tested at all.
My very strong recommendation is to start fresh with a new installation of
Debian squeeze (or a Debian wheezy pre-release if you prefer).
I am pretty sure you experience strange "hiccups" now and then currently
which will never cease to happen if you don't start fresh.
Such a system would not only be better supportable, but probably more robust,
secure, stable and even faster.
Every couple of years Debian publishes a new release accompanied with
detailed Release Notes and Upgrade instructions, follow them and you
should have a good and painfree Debian-experience in the future.
Sorry that I can't be of more assistance.
Closing as there is unfortunately nothing we can do in APT to help here.
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
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