Bug#996115: apt upgrade --no-download --fix-missing --auto-remove: "E: Internal error, InstallPackages was called with broken packages!"

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>]

Package: apt
Version: 2.3.9

I was in the middle of "apt upgrade" downloading packages, stopped it, 
and decided to upgrade stuff that is already downloaded. It didn't go 
well:

  # apt upgrade --no-download --fix-missing --auto-remove
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree... Done
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
     gobjc-10* (10.3.0-11)
     libcbor0* (0.5.0+dfsg-2)
  The following packages have been kept back:
     bzr (2.7.0+bzr6622-15 => 2.7.0+bzr6622+brz)
     cpp (4:10.2.1-1 => 4:11.2.0-2)
     d-shlibs (0.101 => 0.102)
     docutils-common (0.16+dfsg-2 => 0.16+dfsg-4)
     g++ (4:10.2.1-1 => 4:11.2.0-2)
     gcc (4:10.2.1-1 => 4:11.2.0-2)
     gobjc (4:10.2.1-1 => 4:11.2.0-2)
     libaio1 (0.3.112-10 => 0.3.112-11)
     libaio1:amd64 (0.3.112-10 => 0.3.112-11)
     libdeflate-dev (1.7-2 => 1.8-1)
     libdeflate0 (1.7-2 => 1.8-1)
     libdeflate0:amd64 (1.7-2 => 1.8-1)
     libfido2-1 (1.8.0-1 => 1.8.0-1+b1)
     libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (2.66.1-1 => 2.66.2-1)
     libjs-sphinxdoc (4.2.0-3 => 4.2.0-4)
     libuser (1:0.63~dfsg-2 => 1:0.63~dfsg-3)
     libuser1 (1:0.63~dfsg-2 => 1:0.63~dfsg-3)
     libwireshark-data (3.4.8-1 => 3.4.9-1)
     libwireshark14 (3.4.8-1 => 3.4.9-1)
     libwiretap11 (3.4.8-1 => 3.4.9-1)
     libwsutil12 (3.4.8-1 => 3.4.9-1)
     libwww-perl (6.53-1 => 6.57-1)
     libzint2.10 (2.10.0-1 => 2.10.0-1+b1)
     mksh (59c-11 => 59c-12)
     mkvtoolnix (61.0.0-1 => 62.0.0-1)
     neomutt (20180716+dfsg.1-1+deb10u2 => 20201127+dfsg.1-1.2+b1)
     python3-astroid (2.8.1-1 => 2.8.2-1)
     python3-bcrypt (3.1.7-4 => 3.2.0-1)
     python3-click (7.1.2-1 => 8.0.2-1)
     python3-docutils (0.16+dfsg-2 => 0.16+dfsg-4)
     python3-kiwisolver (1.3.1-2 => 1.3.2-1)
     python3-logilab-common (1.4.3-1 => 1.8.1-1)
     python3-regex (0.1.20201113-2 => 0.1.20211008-1)
     python3-sphinx (4.2.0-3 => 4.2.0-4)
     python3-urwid (2.1.2-1 => 2.1.2-2)
     sphinx-common (4.2.0-3 => 4.2.0-4)
     sphinx-doc (4.2.0-3 => 4.2.0-4)
     tshark (3.4.8-1 => 3.4.9-1)
     wireshark-common (3.4.8-1 => 3.4.9-1)
     zint (2.10.0-1 => 2.10.0-1+b1)
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 40 not upgraded.
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
   gobjc : Depends: gobjc-10 (>= 10.2.1-3~) but it is not going to be installed
   libfido2-1 : Depends: libcbor0 (>= 0.5.0) but it is not going to be installed
  E: Internal error, InstallPackages was called with broken packages!


-- System Information:
Architecture: i386

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.118
ii  gpgv                    2.2.27-2
ii  libapt-pkg6.0           2.3.9
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2021.1.1
ii  libc6                   2.32-4
ii  libgcc-s1               11.2.0-9
ii  libgnutls30             3.7.2-2
ii  libseccomp2             2.5.2-2
ii  libstdc++6              11.2.0-9
ii  libsystemd0             247.9-4

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Jakub Wilk