Bug#546706: apt fails to fix system state

[Daniel Hartwig <mandyke@gmail.com>]

tags 546706 + unreproducible
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Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.7.23.1
> Severity: important
>
> On apt-get -f install apt installs the missing dependecies *and* removes
> the package with missing dependencies.
>
>  # apt-get -f install
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> Correcting dependencies... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
>   x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-video-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
> x11proto-xf86misc-dev x11proto-gl-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>   libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev
> x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-xf86misc-dev
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   xserver-xorg-video-ati-build-deps
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev
> x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev x11proto-xf86misc-dev
> 0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 1 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
> Need to get 267kB of archives.
> After this operation, 1,610kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ^C

Hi

I have failed to reproduce this with current apt and sid sources.  If
you can still reproduce it, please include the output from:

# apt-get -f install -oDebug::pkgDepCache::Marker=1 -oDebug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=1 -oDebug::pkgAutoRemove=1

(which is my wild guess at some useful debug items)

Regards