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Bug#699759: apt: score computation may prefer obsolete installed packages over their successors



Control: severity -1 important

On Mon, Feb  4, 2013 at 18:58:40 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote:

> Package: apt
> Version: 0.9.7.7
> Severity: serious
> 
> Hi,
> 
> there is a problem in apt's score computation (algorithms.cc,
> MakeScores()) w.r.t. to the negative scores for "optional" and "extra"
> packages. Adding abs(negative score) to some package may give in
> incorrect boost to that package.
> 
> Setting severity to serious as this should be fixed (and this seems possible
> in a rather non-intrusive way) for wheezy, so that the fix will be
> available for the wheezy->jessie upgrades in the future.
> 
That's not what serious means.

Cheers,
Julien

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