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Bug#707730: marked as done (upgrade squeeze -> wheezy: Conf Broken libapt-pkg4.12:amd64)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #707730,
regarding upgrade squeeze -> wheezy: Conf Broken libapt-pkg4.12:amd64
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Package: libapt-pkg4.12
Version: 0.9.7.8
Severity: normal


Hi,

I am upgrading from squeeze to wheezy
 - 'apt-get upgrade' runs through OK
 - 'apt-get -s dist-upgrade' then shows this error:
    Conf libapt-pkg4.12:amd64 broken
    Breaks:apt:amd64
    []
 - this is the only error, some 350 other packages are reported without errors

 I stopped here, don't dare to proceed


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.7
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Thanks
Jan

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On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Nutzer-Service Biberkor
<hilfe@biberkor.de> wrote:
> I am upgrading from squeeze to wheezy
>  - 'apt-get upgrade' runs through OK
>  - 'apt-get -s dist-upgrade' then shows this error:
>     Conf libapt-pkg4.12:amd64 broken
>     Breaks:apt:amd64
>     []
>  - this is the only error, some 350 other packages are reported without
> errors
>
>  I stopped here, don't dare to proceed

No need to. Simulation isn't 100% accurate compared to the real deal simple
because if run in reality APT will call dpkg multiple times to do the heavy
lifting while in simulation APT does not call dpkg (as we can't) but
calculates on its own, which isn't (can't be and shouldn't be) an exact
reimplementation of what dpkg would do.
Hence, you have to read it with a bit of salt added.

In this specific case, the error is absolutely right: libapt-pkg4.12 breaks
apt, which will cause a (temporary) deconfiguration of apt. Its fine though
as apt keeps working in that case as the breaks is wrong - at least a bit:
The squeeze version of apt doesn't use libapt-pkg4.12, so it will proceed
working uninterrupted (and even if your computer crashes, apt can pick up
the pieces - which this error is hinting at: as this might be a place in
which a crash could be fatal) so the dependency is wrong, but there is no
way of expressing that this version of libapt-pkg4.12 breaks only a limited
set of old apt versions.


So in summary: if that is your only concern, go ahead, you will be fine.
(I am therefore closing this bugreport)

Good luck with your upgrade and have fun with wheezy :)


David Kalnischkies

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