I'd rather get those packages fixed fast. At Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:20:28 -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > > Package: cowbuilder > Version: 0.56 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi! > > Is it possible to have some option to continue the update process of a > cowbuilder chroot, even if not all the package updates are available, please? > > For example, trying to update my chroot right now I get this: > > ===== > The following packages have been kept back: > apt apt-utils > The following packages will be upgraded: > dash libldap-2.4-2 libncurses5 libncursesw5 libtasn1-3 libxapian15 > linux-libc-dev makedev mawk ncurses-base ncurses-bin sed vim-common vim-tiny > (...) > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > aptitude: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.7 > libept0: Depends: libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6-4.7 > E: Broken packages > I: Copying back the cached apt archive contents > I: unmounting dev/pts filesystem > I: unmounting proc filesystem > pbuilder update failed > E: could not update with cowdancer, try --no-cowdancer-update option > forking: rm -rf /var/cache/pbuilder/build//cow.19772 > ===== > > The full log is attached. > > It's possible to see that it has updated some packages, with only two unable > to be updated. > The option (that won't be enabled by default) would save the chroot in this > state, instead giving an error. > While it's not so common to have some packages uninstallable, I think that > having a chroot with only two missing packages is better than having a > chroot with more packages outdated. > And to avoid unexpected results, the option should be disabled by default > (so the user should be aware of what he is doing and that it can has > undesired effects). > > Thank you very much! > > Best regards, > Nelson > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.1.naoliv1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages cowbuilder depends on: > ii cowdancer 0.56 Copy-on-write directory tree > utili > ii libc6 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii pbuilder 0.189 personal package builder for > Debia > > cowbuilder recommends no packages. > > cowbuilder suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information
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