Bug#832614: apt-get install --dry-run package displays bogus error messages
Package: apt
Version: 1.3~pre2
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
seeing what would happen installing a new packages yields
$ apt-get install --dry-run flwm
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flwm (1.02+git2015.04.29-1)
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.
Inst flwm (1.02+git2015.04.29-1 Debian:unstable [amd64])
Conf flwm (1.02+git2015.04.29-1 Debian:unstable [amd64])
W: Problem unlinking the file /var/log/apt/eipp.log.xz - FileFd::Open (13: Permission denied)
W: Could not open file /var/log/apt/eipp.log.xz - open (17: File exists)
W: Could not open file '/var/log/apt/eipp.log.xz' - EIPP::OrderInstall (17: File exists)
Notice the last 3 lines.
No error message if the package is already installed.
That's it, bye!
-- Package-specific info:
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
#Explanation: Pinned by apt-listbugs at 2014-07-16 19:21:29 +0200
#Explanation: #748173: grub-efi-amd64: Boot failure after upgrade to 2.02~beta2-10
#Package: grub-efi-amd64
#Pin: version 2.00-22
#Pin-Priority: 1000
-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt-listbugs present, but not submitted) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#
# deb [arch=amd64,i386] cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20140519-06:33]/ jessie main
#deb [arch=amd64,i386] cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20140519-06:33]/ jessie main
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main
# 20160511 no "Release" file
#deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://security.debian.org/ sid/updates main
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ sid/updates main
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid contrib
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid non-free
# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
#deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid-updates main
#deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid-updates main
# jessie-backports, previously on backports.debian.org
#deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://debian.fastweb.it/debian/ jessie-backports main
#deb-src http://debian.fastweb.it/debian/ jessie-backports main
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list present, but not submitted) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.115
ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3
ii gpgv 1.4.20-6
ii init-system-helpers 1.39
ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.3~pre2
ii libc6 2.23-2
ii libgcc1 1:6.1.1-10
ii libstdc++6 6.1.1-10
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii gnupg 1.4.20-6
ii gnupg2 2.1.11-7
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.8.2-1
ii dpkg-dev 1.18.9
ii powermgmt-base 1.31+nmu1
ii python-apt 1.1.0~beta4
-- no debconf information
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