Bug#1078455: apt: Solver 3.0 tries to install extra packages for no apparent reason
Today it tried to install grub:
$ sudo apt full-upgrade --purge -V --fix-broken --auto-remove --solver 3.0
Upgrading:
chrpath (0.17+really0.17-1 => 0.18-1)
foot (1.18.1-1 => 1.19.0-1)
foot-terminfo (1.18.1-1 => 1.19.0-1)
foot-themes (1.18.1-1 => 1.19.0-1)
hugin (2024.0~beta1+dfsg-1 => 2024.0~rc1+dfsg-1)
hugin-data (2024.0~beta1+dfsg-1 => 2024.0~rc1+dfsg-1)
hugin-tools (2024.0~beta1+dfsg-1 => 2024.0~rc1+dfsg-1)
libfcft-dev (3.1.8-1.1 => 3.1.9-1)
libfcft4t64 (3.1.8-1.1 => 3.1.9-1)
libnss-myhostname (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libpam-systemd (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libqt6positioning6 (6.7.2-2 => 6.7.2-3)
libspeechd2 (0.11.5-5 => 0.11.5-5.1)
libsystemd-dev (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libsystemd-shared (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libsystemd0 (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libsystemd0:i386 (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libudev-dev (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libudev1 (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libudev1:i386 (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
libx11-6 (2:1.8.7-1+b2 => 2:1.8.10-1)
libx11-6:i386 (2:1.8.7-1+b2 => 2:1.8.10-1)
libx11-data (2:1.8.7-1 => 2:1.8.10-1)
libx11-dev (2:1.8.7-1+b2 => 2:1.8.10-1)
libx11-xcb-dev (2:1.8.7-1+b2 => 2:1.8.10-1)
libx11-xcb1 (2:1.8.7-1+b2 => 2:1.8.10-1)
libx11-xcb1:i386 (2:1.8.7-1+b2 => 2:1.8.10-1)
libxau-dev (1:1.0.9-1+b2 => 1:1.0.11-1)
libxau6 (1:1.0.9-1+b2 => 1:1.0.11-1)
libxau6:i386 (1:1.0.9-1+b2 => 1:1.0.11-1)
libxaw7 (2:1.0.14-1+b3 => 2:1.0.16-1)
libxcomposite-dev (1:0.4.5-1+b2 => 1:0.4.6-1)
libxcomposite1 (1:0.4.5-1+b2 => 1:0.4.6-1)
python3-speechd (0.11.5-5 => 0.11.5-5.1)
systemd (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
systemd-boot (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
systemd-boot-efi (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
systemd-sysv (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
systemd-ukify (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
udev (256.7-2 => 256.7-3)
wf-recorder (0.5.0-1 => 0.5.0-2)
Installing dependencies:
grub-efi-amd64-bin:i386 (2.12-5)
grub-efi-amd64-unsigned:i386 (2.12-5)
grub2-common (2.12-5)
mokutil (0.6.0-2+b1)
shim-helpers-amd64-signed (1+15.8+1)
shim-signed (1.44+15.8-1)
shim-signed-common (1.44+15.8-1)
shim-unsigned (15.8-1)
Not upgrading:
libunwind8 (1.7.0~rc2-1 => 1.7.2-1)
python3-resolvelib (1.0.1-2 => 1.1.0-1)
Summary:
Upgrading: 41, Installing: 8, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 2
Download size: 32,4 MB
Space needed: 18,6 MB / 137 GB available
Pinned those packages -1, upgraded, unpinned, no longer happens.
Nautilus is still being promoted for installation when unpinned.
How do I save 3.0 solver dump? -o Dir::Log::Solver=/tmp/solver.edsp does not
work with 3.0.
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