Bug#825897: horrible infinite loop upon apt-get upgrade
Package: apt
Version: 1.3~exp1
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
In this case apt-get upgrade gets into a horrible infinite loop, needing
a ^Z to stop (^C won't).
# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
What "following packages"? BUG! OK I'll use -f?
# # apt-get -f upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libcamel-1.2-54 libqt4-opengl libqtwebkit4
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
adwaita-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme libebook-contacts-1.2-2 libgtk-3-bin libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin
liblocale-gettext-perl libnetaddr-ip-perl libparams-validate-perl libperl5.22 libpoppler-glib8
libsocket6-perl libuuid-perl openssl perl perl-base perl-doc perl-modules-5.22 php-gettext poppler-utils
texinfo
The following packages will be upgraded:
abiword apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils imagemagick imagemagick-6.q16 info libabiword-3.0
libapache2-mod-php7.0 libapr1 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni
libcamel-1.2-57 libccid libcupsfilters1 libebackend-1.2-10 libebook-1.2-16 libecal-1.2-19
libedata-book-1.2-25 libedataserver-1.2-21 libgd3 libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-common libgtk2.0-common libinput-bin
libinput10 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libjs-jquery-cookie libjs-jquery-event-drag libjs-jquery-metadata
libjs-jquery-mousewheel libjs-jquery-tablesorter libjs-sphinxdoc libnghttp2-14 libpcsclite1 libproj9
libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative libqt4-designer libqt4-help libqt4-network libqt4-opengl libqt4-script
libqt4-scripttools libqt4-sql libqt4-svg libqt4-test libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4 libqtdbus4
libqtgui4 libqtwebkit4 libraw15 libscim8v5 libtest-simple-perl libtheora0 libunistring0
libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 linux-doc-4.5 locate mplayer pcscd php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-json
php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache php7.0-readline php7.0-xml phpmyadmin proj-bin proj-data
python-pyscard python-qt4 qdbus qtchooser qtcore4-l10n resolvconf scim sqlite3-doc ssl-cert w3m
w3m-el-snapshot xfstt xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-video-intel
92 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 21 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 11.4 MB/94.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 506 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Err:1 http://free.nchc.org.tw/debian unstable/main i386 apache2 i386 2.4.20-2
Temporary failure resolving 'free.nchc.org.tw'
Err:2 http://free.nchc.org.tw/debian unstable/main i386 apache2-bin i386 2.4.20-2
Temporary failure resolving 'free.nchc.org.tw'
(This is expected, as I am not connected to the network.)
Err:18 http://free.nchc.org.tw/debian unstable/main i386 phpmyadmin all 4:4.6.2-2
Temporary failure resolving 'free.nchc.org.tw'
Reading changelogs...
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 150543 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../imagemagick_8%3a6.9.2.10+dfsg-2_all.deb ...
dpkg-query: no packages found matching imagemagick:all
dpkg-query: package 'imagemagick' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'imagemagick' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'imagemagick' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'imagemagick' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'imagemagick' is not installed
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
dpkg-query: package 'imagemagick' is not installed
Upon which I must use ^Z to stop the terrible infinite loop.
pstree -al shows:
├─dpkg --status-fd 23 --unpack --auto-deconfigure
/var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick_8%3a6.9.2.10+dfsg-2_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/imagemagick-6.q16_8%3a6.9.2.10+dfsg-2+b1_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/info_6.1.0.dfsg.1-8_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libapr1_1.5.2-4_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libatk-bridge2.0-0_2.20.1-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libatk-wrapper-java_0.33.3-7_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk-3-common_3.20.5-4_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgtk-3-0_3.20.5-4_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libatk-wrapper-java-jni_0.33.3-7_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcamel-1.2-57_3.20.2-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libcupsfilters1_1.8.3-2+b2_i386.deb /va
...
│ └─preinst /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst upgrade 8:6.8.9.9-7+b1 8:6.9.2.10+dfsg-2
│ └─dpkg-maintscrip /usr/bin/dpkg-maintscript-helper dir_to_symlink /usr/share/doc/imagemagick /usr/share/doc/imagemagick-6-common 8:6.9.2.10+dfsg-2~ -- upgrade 8:6.8.9.9-7+b1 8:6.9.2.10+dfsg-2
│ └─xargs -0 -n1 sh -c \012\011\011package="$1"\012\011\011file="$2"\012\011\011if ! dpkg-query -L "$package" | grep -F -q -x "$file"; then\012\011\011\011exit 1\012\011\011fi\012\011\011exit 0\012\011 check-files-ownership imagemagick:all
│ └─sh -c \012\011\011package="$1"\012\011\011file="$2"\012\011\011if ! dpkg-query -L "$package" | grep -F -q -x "$file"; then\012\011\011\011exit 1\012\011\011fi\012\011\011exit 0\012\011 check-files-ownership imagemagick:all /usr/share/doc/imagemagick/www/api/MagickCore/utility-private_8h_source.html
│ ├─dpkg-query -L imagemagick:all
│ └─grep -F -q -x /usr/share/doc/imagemagick/www/api/MagickCore/utility-private_8h_source.html
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
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APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
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APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
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APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.5\.0-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.5\.0-1-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.5\.0-2-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.5\.0-1-686-pae$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.5\.0-2-686-pae$";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
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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";
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APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
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APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs";
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APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
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APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
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APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
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APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
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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";
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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::lz4 "/usr/bin/lz4";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
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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";
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/i18n/Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatMetaKey "$(LANGUAGE)";
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Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/source/Sources";
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Acquire::Changelogs "";
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Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin "";
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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";;
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Acquire::http "";
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Acquire::PDiffs "true";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
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Aptitude "";
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Aptitude::CmdLine::Always-Prompt "true";
Aptitude::CmdLine::Show-Why "true";
Aptitude::CmdLine::Show-Deps "true";
Aptitude::CmdLine::Verbose "1";
Aptitude::Purge-Unused "true";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -lt 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
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Binary "apt-config";
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Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVersion "1";
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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) --
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --
-- (no /etc/apt/sources.list present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jidanni.list --
## Author : http://jidanni.org/
## Last Modified On: Wed Nov 18 21:46:18 2015
## Update Count : 121
deb http://mozilla.debian.net/ experimental iceweasel-aurora
#deb http://ftp.cn.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.cn.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://free.nchc.org.tw/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# Carlos Carvalho <carlos@fisica.ufpr.br>
#deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers experimental
APT policy: (990, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.114
ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3
ii gpgv 2.1.12-1
ii init-system-helpers 1.34
ii libapt-pkg5.0 1.3~exp1
ii libc6 2.23-0experimental2
ii libgcc1 1:6.1.1-4
ii libstdc++6 6.1.1-4
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii gnupg 2.1.12-1
ii gnupg2 2.1.12-1
Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii apt-doc 1.3~exp1
ii aptitude 0.8.1-1
ii dpkg-dev 1.18.7
ii python-apt 1.1.0~beta2
-- no debconf information
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