Bug#774696: apt dist-upgrade wrongly removes a lot of packages
Package: apt
Version: 1.1~exp8
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
for severals days, I had akonadi packages that were not installed
by a simple upgrade, and when using dist-upgrade (a version of
a dynamic library needed a version increment), it selected nearly
half of kde for removal. Installing manually a single package
enabled me to install all packages related to akonadi...
apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
finch finch-dev kdepimlibs-kio-plugins libakonadi-calendar4
libakonadi-contact4
libakonadi-kcal4 libakonadi-kde4 libakonadi-kmime4 libakonadi-notes4
libkabc4 libkalarmcal2
libkblog4 libkcal4 libkcalcore4 libkcalutils4 libkholidays4 libkimap4
libkldap4 libkmbox4
libkmime4 libkpimidentities4 libkpimtextedit4 libkpimutils4
libkresources4 libktnef4
libkxmlrpcclient4 libmailtransport4 libmicroblog4 libpurple-bin
libpurple-dev libpurple0
libsyndication4 pidgin pidgin-data pidgin-dev
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.
apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
kdeartwork-wallpapers libavdevice55 libccrtp2 libcomposereditorng4
libdbus-c++-1-0 libecore1
libeina1 libucommon6 libzrtpcpp2 print-manager sflphone-daemon
sflphone-data
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
akonadiconsole akregator backintime-kde blogilo kaddressbook kajongg
kalarm kde-full
kde-plasma-desktop kde-plasma-netbook kde-standard
kde-telepathy-kpeople kde-workspace
kde-workspace-bin kdeartwork kdenetwork kdepim kdepim-kresources
kdepim-runtime
kdeplasma-addons kdeutils kdewebdev kgpg kjots kleopatra klinkstatus
kmail knode knotes
konsolekalendar kontact kopete korganizer krfb kscreensaver
kscreensaver-xsavers
libakonadi-calendar4 libakonadi-contact4 libakonadi-kcal4
libcalendarsupport4 libeventviews4
libincidenceeditorsng4 libkabc4 libkalarmcal2 libkblog4 libkcal4
libkcalutils4 libkdepim4
libkdepimdbusinterfaces4 libkgapi2-2 libkolab0 libkopete4 libkpeople3
libkpimidentities4
libkpimutils4 libksieveui4 libktnef4 libktpcommoninternalsprivate7
libktpmodelsprivate7
libktpwidgetsprivate7 libmailcommon4 libmailimporter4
libmessagecomposer4 libmessagecore4
libmessagelist4 libmessageviewer4 libmicroblog4 libnoteshared4
libpimcommon4
libtemplateparser4 plasma-dataengines-workspace plasma-desktop
plasma-netbook
plasma-runners-addons plasma-widget-lancelot plasma-widgets-addons
plasma-widgets-workspace
python-kde4 sflphone-kde
The following packages have been kept back:
finch finch-dev libkcalcore4 libkholidays4 libpurple-bin libpurple-dev
libpurple0 pidgin
pidgin-data pidgin-dev
The following packages will be upgraded:
kdepimlibs-kio-plugins libakonadi-kde4 libakonadi-kmime4
libakonadi-notes4 libkimap4 libkldap4
libkmbox4 libkmime4 libkpimtextedit4 libkresources4 libkxmlrpcclient4
libmailtransport4
libsyndication4
13 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 79 to remove and 10 not upgraded.
Need to get 2,377 kB of archives.
After this operation, 169 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
apt-get install libakonadi-calendar4
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
kdepimlibs-kio-plugins libakonadi-contact4 libakonadi-kcal4
libakonadi-kde4 libakonadi-kmime4
libakonadi-notes4 libical1a libkabc4 libkalarmcal2 libkblog4 libkcal4
libkcalcore4
libkcalutils4 libkholidays4 libkimap4 libkldap4 libkmbox4 libkmime4
libkpimidentities4
libkpimtextedit4 libkpimutils4 libkresources4 libktnef4
libkxmlrpcclient4 libmailtransport4
libmicroblog4 libsyndication4
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libical1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libical1a
The following packages will be upgraded:
kdepimlibs-kio-plugins libakonadi-calendar4 libakonadi-contact4
libakonadi-kcal4
libakonadi-kde4 libakonadi-kmime4 libakonadi-notes4 libkabc4
libkalarmcal2 libkblog4 libkcal4
libkcalcore4 libkcalutils4 libkholidays4 libkimap4 libkldap4 libkmbox4
libkmime4
libkpimidentities4 libkpimtextedit4 libkpimutils4 libkresources4
libktnef4 libkxmlrpcclient4
libmailtransport4 libmicroblog4 libsyndication4
27 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
Need to get 4,900 kB of archives.
After this operation, 21.5 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
-- Package-specific info:
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#deb http://linux-instal.rd.francetelecom.fr/debian lenny main non-free
contrib
#deb http://linux-instal.rd.francetelecom.fr/debian-volatile
lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://linux-instal.rd.francetelecom.fr/debian-volatile
lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://carabosse/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
non-free
# various video stuff
#deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib
# Virtual Box
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian wheezy contrib
deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main
# Kde bleeding edge Packagesedia.org sid main
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org experimental main
# Experimental QT/KDE
#deb http://qt-kde.debian.net/debian experimental-snapshots main
# firefox 3.6
#deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ wheezy iceweasel-3.6
#mkvtools
#deb http://www.bunkus.org/debian/sid/ ./
# code blocks
#deb http://apt.jenslody.de/ any main
#deb-src http://apt.jenslody.de/ any main
# nuvola player
#deb http://ppa.fenryxo.cz/nuvola-player/ sid main
# Sigil epub editor
#deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/ sigil/
#deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/ sigil/
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.17.7 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored:
LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3
ii gnupg 1.4.18-6
ii gnupg2 2.1.1-1
ii libapt-pkg4.15 1.1~exp8
ii libc6 2.19-13
ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10
ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.17.23
ii python-apt 0.9.3.11
ii synaptic 0.81.2
-- no debconf information
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