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Bug#668569: marked as done (/usr/bin/apt-get: apt-get/aptitude reinstall option is broken)

Your message dated Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:54:25 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#668569: /usr/bin/apt-get: apt-get/aptitude reinstall option is broken
has caused the Debian Bug report #668569,
regarding /usr/bin/apt-get: apt-get/aptitude reinstall option is broken
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: apt
Version: 0.8.15.10
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/apt-get

Both
	apt-get --reinstall install ...
and
	aptitutde reinstall ...
does NOT reinstall a package, but only configure a package if it is
in broken state. 

That is *REALLY* bad, since if there is a conffile missing and you
reinstall with
	apt-get -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" --reinstall install ...
then I expect apt-get (and aptitude) to:
	- unpack the actual .deb package, with dpkg --force-confmiss ...
	- *then* try to configure it
If this is not the case, there is NO way one can tell a user easily 
how to reinstall missing conffiles. An incantation of dpkg always
needs the actual path of the .deb file.

Furthermore, this is NOT what is documented in apt-get, where it clearly
states that the package is *reinstalled* which IMHO does NOT mean that
it is first configured.

Thanks

Norbert

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "true";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Cache-Limit "40000000";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 1 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "30";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 1 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi ";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (499, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.4.0-rc2+ (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2010.08.28
ii  gnupg                   1.4.12-4
ii  libc6                   2.13-27
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.7.0-3
ii  libstdc++6              4.7.0-3
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.6.dfsg-2

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc         0.8.15.10
ii  aptitude        0.6.6-1
ii  bzip2           1.0.6-1
ii  dpkg-dev        1.16.2
ii  python-apt      0.8.3+nmu1
ii  synaptic        0.75.9
ii  xz-lzma [lzma]  5.1.1alpha+20110809-3

-- no debconf information

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 08:30:06AM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.8.15.10
> Severity: important
> File: /usr/bin/apt-get
> 
> Both
> 	apt-get --reinstall install ...
> and
> 	aptitutde reinstall ...
> does NOT reinstall a package, but only configure a package if it is
> in broken state. 
> 
> That is *REALLY* bad, since if there is a conffile missing and you
> reinstall with
> 	apt-get -o DPkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" --reinstall install ...
> then I expect apt-get (and aptitude) to:
> 	- unpack the actual .deb package, with dpkg --force-confmiss ...
> 	- *then* try to configure it
> If this is not the case, there is NO way one can tell a user easily 
> how to reinstall missing conffiles. An incantation of dpkg always
> needs the actual path of the .deb file.
> 
> Furthermore, this is NOT what is documented in apt-get, where it clearly
> states that the package is *reinstalled* which IMHO does NOT mean that
> it is first configured.

Hi Norbert,

I can not reproduce this in unstable anymore, and am thus closing
the bug. If you can still reproduce it, please re-open it.
-- 
Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

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