Bug#810225: apt: incorrect message about automatically installed packages
Package: apt
Version: 1.1.10
Severity: normal
I did the following:
root@cventin:/home/vlefevre# apt-get install -t testing mingw32 wine
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
i965-va-driver:i386 libasound2:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libattr1:i386
libavcodec-ffmpeg56:i386 libavresample-ffmpeg2:i386 libavutil-ffmpeg54:i386
libbsd0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcrystalhd3:i386 libdb5.3:i386
libdrm-amdgpu1:i386 libdrm-intel1:i386 libdrm-nouveau2:i386
libdrm-radeon1:i386 libdrm2:i386 libedit2:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386
libflac8:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386
libgnutls-deb0-28:i386 libgomp1:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgpm2:i386
libgsm1:i386 libhogweed4:i386 libice6:i386 libicu55:i386
libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjson-c2:i386 liblcms2-2:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386
libllvm3.7:i386 liblzma5:i386 libmp3lame0:i386 libmpg123-0:i386
libncurses5:i386 libnettle6:i386 libnuma1:i386 libogg0:i386 libopenal1:i386
libopenjpeg5:i386 libopus0:i386 liborc-0.4-0:i386 libp11-kit0:i386
libpcap0.8:i386 libpciaccess0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386
libsasl2-2:i386 libsasl2-modules:i386 libsasl2-modules-db:i386
libschroedinger-1.0-0:i386 libshine3:i386 libsm6:i386 libsnappy1v5:i386
libsndfile1:i386 libsoxr0:i386 libspeex1:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386
libssl1.0.2:i386 libswresample-ffmpeg1:i386 libswscale-ffmpeg3:i386
libtasn1-6:i386 libtheora0:i386 libtinfo5:i386 libtwolame0:i386
libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386 libudev1:i386 libuuid1:i386 libva1:i386
libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisenc2:i386 libvpx3:i386 libwavpack1:i386
libwebp5:i386 libwrap0:i386 libx264-148:i386 libx265-68:i386 libxml2:i386
libxshmfence1:i386 libxvidcore4:i386 libzvbi0:i386 linux-image-4.1.0-2-amd64
ocl-icd-libopencl1:i386 zlib1g:i386
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following additional packages will be installed:
binutils-mingw-w64-i686 binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 fonts-wine
g++-mingw-w64-i686 gcc-mingw-w64-base gcc-mingw-w64-i686 libwine
mingw-w64-common mingw-w64-i686-dev mingw32-binutils uuid-runtime wine64
Suggested packages:
gcc-5-locales ttf-mscorefonts-installer wine-binfmt dosbox wine64-preloader
Recommended packages:
wine32 libwine-gecko-2.40
The following NEW packages will be installed:
binutils-mingw-w64-i686 binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 fonts-wine
g++-mingw-w64-i686 gcc-mingw-w64-base gcc-mingw-w64-i686 libwine
mingw-w64-common mingw-w64-i686-dev mingw32 mingw32-binutils uuid-runtime
wine wine64
0 upgraded, 14 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 6573 kB/74.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 495 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
But among the listed "automatically installed" packages, only
linux-image-4.1.0-2-amd64 is actually installed, as confirmed
by "apt autoremove":
# apt autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-image-4.1.0-2-amd64
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
After this operation, 171 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Moreover, "The following package was automatically installed and
is no longer required" is in singular, while the incorrect list
contains several packages.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
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\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.3\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.2\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.3\.0-1-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::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "test -x /usr/bin/apt-show-versions || exit 0 ; apt-show-versions -i";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Architectures:: "i386";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "1";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "2";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-6n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "3";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "4";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "5";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
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::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::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom";
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$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "1";
Acquire::AllowDowngradeToInsecureRepositories "0";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom";
Acquire::IndexTargets "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/binary-$(ARCHITECTURE)/Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatMetaKey "Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::ShortDescription "Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(ARCHITECTURE) Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Optional "0";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/i18n/Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatMetaKey "$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::ShortDescription "Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/source/Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatMetaKey "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::ShortDescription "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Optional "0";
Acquire::Changelogs "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Debian "http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Tanglu "http://metadata.tanglu.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ubuntu "http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ultimedia "http://packages.ultimediaos.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog.txt";;
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt -T security -s all";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "3";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::InfoFD "20";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -e /usr/bin/how-can-i-help ] || /usr/bin/how-can-i-help";
AptListbugs "";
AptListbugs::Severities "critical,grave,serious";
AptListbugs::IgnoreRegexp "FTBFS";
Aptitude "";
Aptitude::UI "";
Aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format "%c%a%M %p %Z %24v %24V";
Aptitude::ProblemResolver "";
Aptitude::ProblemResolver::SolutionCost "removals";
Binary "apt-config";
Binary::apt "";
Binary::apt::APT "";
Binary::apt::APT::Color "1";
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::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 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
# stable-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ stable-updates main contrib
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ stable-updates main contrib
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
# -dbgsym packages; see
# https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/12/msg00262.html
deb http://debug.mirrors.debian.org/debian-debug/ unstable-debug main
# Debian Mozilla team - http://mozilla.debian.net/
deb http://http.debian.net/debian experimental main
# Local repository
# update with "dpkg-scanpackages . > Packages" from it.
deb [trusted=yes] file:///var/local/apt ./
# Note: These are the default sources on all my Debian machines.
# Additional sources should be put in the sources.list.d directory.
# $Id: sources.list 85295 2015-12-27 15:46:16Z vinc17/ypig $
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.3.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3
ii gnupg 1.4.20-1
ii gnupg2 2.1.10-3
ii gpgv 1.4.20-1
ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.1.10
ii libc6 2.21-6
ii libgcc1 1:5.3.1-5
ii libstdc++6 5.3.1-5
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii apt-doc 1.1.10
ii aptitude 0.7.5-3
ii dpkg-dev 1.18.4
ii python-apt 1.1.0~beta1
-- no debconf information
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