reassign 410695 apt thanks On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 12:06:09AM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 05:42:31PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 06:53:53PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > > > Package: upgrade-reports > > > Severity: serious
> > > The piuparts run below: > > > /usr/sbin/piuparts -a -d sarge -d etch gnupg xawtv k3d-dev libcnumx0-dev > > > mozilla-opensc xmms-coverviewer makeself koffice-i18n-nn kview > > > libmcardplugin gij-3.4 gimp-dimage-color libast2-dev libaal-dev > > > caudium-dev libcvsservice0 tex-guy linuxdoc-tools-latex snort-common > > > multipath-tools isic libpam-pwdfile libotr1-dev libglib2-ruby > > > haskelldb-bin cyrus21-imapd bsign scalapack-lam-test pyching freeswan > > > dict-freedict-spa-eng xfaces libtie-cache-perl zope2.7-mimetypesregistry > > > libdmsocket-0.32.5-0-dev attal-themes-medieval kde-i18n-srlatin dircproxy > > > pica glimmer kappfinder kde-i18n-eu 9menu selflinux-pdf > > > libgtksourceview-doc > > Is there a smaller minimal set of packages that can be used to reproduce the > > problem? > Try this one: > k3d-dev kview libaal-dev caudium-dev libcvsservice0 snort-common > libpam-pwdfile cyrus21-imapd zope2.7-mimetypesregistry Hmm, a minimal test case that's impressive for its complexity. :) Here is another further reduction that still triggers the bug for me: k3d-dev kview kde-i18n-af zope2.7-mimetypesregistry In both cases the failure is reproducible with apt-get, and is not reproducible with aptitude (using apt-get to install the packages so none of them are marked as auto-installed, but aptitude for the dist-upgrade). I can't say whether this is because aptitude is better, or just luck of the draw. Comments on the upgrade solution arrived at for apt for this particular upgrade: k3d-dev and k3d are both upgraded, pulling in new versions of boost. If only k3d is installed, apt removes k3d and zope2.7 is removed successfully. kview and kde-i18n-af are both removed, along with kdelibs-bin and kdelibs4; if either kview or kde-i18n-af is not installed, kdelibs is still removed but zope2.7 is removed successfully. libqt3c102-mt is left untouched on the system, because nothing is pulled in that conflicts with it. > > This looks like an apt bug to me (and isn't the first time I've seen it). > Any pointer ? Not specifically, sorry. It was a user who reported a similar bug against php, where again apt-get removed a dependency before the package depending on it under circumstances where this didn't appear to be necessary (and certainly wasn't appropriate). -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
