Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.6 Severity: normal I noticed the following strange behaviour. I don't know if it is apt's fault, and I am not sure about the severity, please re-assign and adjust the severity as noted.
remaxp:~# env LANG=C apt-get update Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages Hit ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Release Reading Package Lists... Done remaxp:~# env LANG=C apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libarchive-zip-perl python-twisted 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/90.8kB of archives. After unpacking 77.8kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Lese Changelogs... Fertig (Reading database ... 123260 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libarchive-zip-perl 1.14-1 (using .../libarchive-zip-perl_1.14-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libarchive-zip-perl ... Preparing to replace python-twisted 1.3.0-8 (using .../python-twisted_1.3.0-8_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement python-twisted ... Setting up libarchive-zip-perl (1.14-1) ... Setting up python-twisted (1.3.0-8) ... remaxp:~# env LANG=C apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libarchive-zip-perl python-twisted 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/90.8kB of archives. After unpacking 77.8kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Lese Changelogs... Fertig (Reading database ... 123260 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libarchive-zip-perl 1.14-1 (using .../libarchive-zip-perl_1.14-1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libarchive-zip-perl ... Preparing to replace python-twisted 1.3.0-8 (using .../python-twisted_1.3.0-8_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement python-twisted ... Setting up libarchive-zip-perl (1.14-1) ... Setting up python-twisted (1.3.0-8) ... and I can repeat this over and over again, libarchive-zip-perl and python-twisted are installed each time. I checked, but ii libarchive-zip 1.14-1 Module for manipulation of ZIP archives ii python-twisted 1.3.0-8 Event-based framework for internet applicati after and before each installation. This system is a sarge system installed in February, and I run a dist-upgrade yesterday after about a month, and today this behaviour started. remaxp:~# env LANG=C apt-cache policy libarchive-zip-perl libarchive-zip-perl: Installed: 1.14-1 Candidate: 1.14-1 Version Table: 1.14-1 0 500 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages *** 1.14-1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status P.S. I hope this is not a duplicated report, sorry if it indeed is. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; 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::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 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"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- #deb http://debian.inode.at/pure64 sid main #deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/pure64/ sid main #deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/pure64/ testing main #deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian-pure64/ testing main #On Alioth: #deb http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/debian-pure64 sarge main # To really get Sarge, use (once supported): deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian-pure64/ testing main #deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian-pure64/ sarge main #deb http://jari.itp.uni-hannover.de auto/repository/sarge/local/binary-amd64/ -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-9-amd64-k8 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann, Dipl.-Phys. 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