Your message dated Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:11:35 +0200 with message-id <20160330161134.GA8914@crossbow> and subject line Re: Bug#819561: apt: rdepends sometimes shows duplicates of packages has caused the Debian Bug report #819561, regarding apt: rdepends sometimes shows duplicates of packages to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 819561: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819561 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: apt: rdepends sometimes shows duplicates of packages
- From: Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan <rkrishnan@debian.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:00:19 +0530
- Message-id: <[🔎] 867fgkjax0.fsf@rkrishnan.org>
Package: apt Version: 1.2.9 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, -- Package-specific info:-- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Sandbox ""; APT::Sandbox::User "_apt"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.4\.0-trunk-amd64$"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages ""; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections ""; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "contrib/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "amd64"; APT::Architectures:: "i386"; APT::Compressor ""; APT::Compressor::. 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Binary::apt::APT::Cache ""; Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show ""; Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show::Version "2"; Binary::apt::APT::Cache::AllVersions "0"; Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVirtuals "1"; Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search ""; Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search::Version "2"; Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowDependencyType "1"; Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVersion "1"; Binary::apt::APT::Get ""; Binary::apt::APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New "1"; Binary::apt::APT::Cmd ""; Binary::apt::APT::Cmd::Show-Update-Stats "1"; Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "0"; Binary::apt::DPkg ""; Binary::apt::DPkg::Progress-Fancy "1"; Binary::apt::Acquire ""; Binary::apt::Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "0"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Stretch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20150618-22:14]/ stretch main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Stretch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20150618-22:14]/ stretch main deb http://the.earth.li/debian/ stretch main contrib deb-src http://the.earth.li/debian/ stretch main contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main deb http://the.earth.li/debian/ experimental mainWhile trying to see the reverse dependencies of python-tox, I saw that it shows duplicates: $ apt-cache rdepends python-tox python-tox Reverse Depends: tox tox $ Cheers Ramakrishnan -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_IN.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3 ii gnupg 1.4.19-5 ii gnupg2 2.0.28-3 ii gpgv 1.4.19-5 ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.2.9 ii libc6 2.21-7 ii libgcc1 1:5.2.1-22 ii libstdc++6 5.2.1-22 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> ii aptitude 0.7.2-1 ii dpkg-dev 1.18.3 ii python-apt 1.0.1 -- no debconf informationAttachment: signature.asc
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- To: Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan <rkrishnan@debian.org>, 819561-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#819561: apt: rdepends sometimes shows duplicates of packages
- From: David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:11:35 +0200
- Message-id: <20160330161134.GA8914@crossbow>
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 867fgkjax0.fsf@rkrishnan.org>
- References: <[🔎] 867fgkjax0.fsf@rkrishnan.org>
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 08:00:19PM +0530, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > While trying to see the reverse dependencies of python-tox, I saw that > it shows duplicates: > > $ apt-cache rdepends python-tox > python-tox > Reverse Depends: > tox > tox > $ The reason for this is perhaps best explained with an apt command: $ LANG=C apt rdepends python-tox python-tox Reverse Depends: Breaks: tox (<< 2.1.1-2~) Replaces: tox (<< 2.1.1-2~) The usage of the term "Depends" is perhaps confusing for the unsuspecting user, especially as apt-cache doesn't display the type by default, but it is how it is for compatibility reasons. The involved options are: APT::Cache::ShowDependencyType "true"; APT::Cache::ShowVersion "true"; See also --no-depends & co options in the apt-cache manpage. So, as this isn't a bug, closing. Best regards David KalnischkiesAttachment: signature.asc
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