Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.1.5-1 Severity: normal I have the xserver held to the version in testing, and every time I run aptitude safe-upgrade, aptitude switches between console-setup and console-setup-mini. If one is installed, it uninstalls that one and installs the other one, no matter which is installed. This happens with safe-upgrade with no prompted resolution, so there doesn't seem to be any way of stopping this.
I even tried pinning console-setup-mini to -1: console-setup-mini: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Package pin: 1.51 Version table: 1.51 -1 500 http://exodus.stanford.edu sid/main Packages 1.50 -1 500 http://exodus.stanford.edu testing/main Packages and it *still* does this: The following NEW packages will be installed: console-setup-mini{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: console-setup{u} console-terminus{u} The following packages will be upgraded: aspell cpp-4.4 docbook-xsl g++-4.4 gcc-4.4 gcc-4.4-base gnubg gnubg-data kstart libaspell15 libgcc1 libgfortran3 libgomp1 libremctl1 libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.4-dev python python-dev python-minimal remctl-client I let it proceed, and then immediately ran aptitude upgrade again and got: The following NEW packages will be installed: console-setup{a} console-terminus{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: console-setup-mini{u} I'm sure that something about holding the xserver packages is doing this. Here's the corresponding aptitude dist-upgrade output: The following NEW packages will be installed: libkadm5clnt7{ab} xserver-xorg-video-all{a} xserver-xorg-video-apm{a} xserver-xorg-video-ark{a} xserver-xorg-video-ati{a} xserver-xorg-video-chips{a} xserver-xorg-video-cirrus{a} xserver-xorg-video-fbdev{a} xserver-xorg-video-i128{a} xserver-xorg-video-i740{a} xserver-xorg-video-intel{a} xserver-xorg-video-mach64{a} xserver-xorg-video-mga{a} xserver-xorg-video-neomagic{a} xserver-xorg-video-nv{a} xserver-xorg-video-openchrome{a} xserver-xorg-video-r128{a} xserver-xorg-video-radeon{a} xserver-xorg-video-rendition{a} xserver-xorg-video-s3{a} xserver-xorg-video-s3virge{a} xserver-xorg-video-savage{a} xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion{a} xserver-xorg-video-sis{a} xserver-xorg-video-sisusb{a} xserver-xorg-video-tdfx{a} xserver-xorg-video-trident{a} xserver-xorg-video-tseng{a} xserver-xorg-video-v4l{a} xserver-xorg-video-vesa{a} xserver-xorg-video-vmware{a} xserver-xorg-video-voodoo{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: console-setup{u} console-terminus{u} The following packages will be upgraded: krb5-user libgssapi-krb5-2 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core{b} xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 11 packages upgraded, 32 newly installed, 2 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 6,732kB/6,812kB of archives. After unpacking 6,767kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libkadm5clnt7: Conflicts: libkadm5clnt7-heimdal but 1.3.1.rc2.dfsg.1-1 is installed. xserver-xorg-core: Conflicts: xserver-xorg-video-5 which is a virtual package. krb5-clients: Depends: libkrb5-3 (= 1.7+dfsg-4) but 1.8+dfsg~alpha1-4 is to be installed. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) krb5-clients 2) krb5-user Keep the following packages at their current version: 3) console-setup [1.51 (unstable, now)] 4) console-terminus [4.30-2 (testing, unstable, now)] 5) libkadm5clnt7 [Not Installed] 6) xserver-xorg [1:7.4+4 (testing, now)] 7) xserver-xorg-core [2:1.6.5-1 (testing, now)] 8) xserver-xorg-input-evdev [1:2.2.5-1 (testing, now)] 9) xserver-xorg-input-kbd [1:1.3.2-4 (testing, now)] 10) xserver-xorg-input-mouse [1:1.4.0-4 (testing, now)] 11) xserver-xorg-input-synaptics [1.2.0-2 (testing, now)] 12) xserver-xorg-video-all [Not Installed] 13) xserver-xorg-video-apm [Not Installed] 14) xserver-xorg-video-ark [Not Installed] 15) xserver-xorg-video-ati [Not Installed] 16) xserver-xorg-video-chips [Not Installed] 17) xserver-xorg-video-cirrus [Not Installed] 18) xserver-xorg-video-fbdev [Not Installed] 19) xserver-xorg-video-i128 [Not Installed] 20) xserver-xorg-video-i740 [Not Installed] 21) xserver-xorg-video-intel [Not Installed] 22) xserver-xorg-video-mach64 [Not Installed] 23) xserver-xorg-video-mga [Not Installed] 24) xserver-xorg-video-neomagic [Not Installed] 25) xserver-xorg-video-nv [Not Installed] 26) xserver-xorg-video-openchrome [Not Installed] 27) xserver-xorg-video-r128 [Not Installed] 28) xserver-xorg-video-radeon [Not Installed] 29) xserver-xorg-video-rendition [Not Installed] 30) xserver-xorg-video-s3 [Not Installed] 31) xserver-xorg-video-s3virge [Not Installed] 32) xserver-xorg-video-savage [Not Installed] 33) xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion [Not Installed] 34) xserver-xorg-video-sis [Not Installed] 35) xserver-xorg-video-sisusb [Not Installed] 36) xserver-xorg-video-tdfx [Not Installed] 37) xserver-xorg-video-trident [Not Installed] 38) xserver-xorg-video-tseng [Not Installed] 39) xserver-xorg-video-v4l [Not Installed] 40) xserver-xorg-video-vesa [Not Installed] 41) xserver-xorg-video-vmware [Not Installed] 42) xserver-xorg-video-voodoo [Not Installed] Tier: Safe actions, Remove packages (10000) Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] -- Package-specific info: aptitude 0.6.1.5 compiled at Jan 21 2010 05:47:41 Compiler: g++ 4.4.3 20100108 (prerelease) Compiled against: apt version 4.8.0 NCurses version 5.7 libsigc++ version: 2.2.4.2 Ept support enabled. Gtk+ support disabled. Current library versions: NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20090803 cwidget version: 0.5.16 Apt version: 4.8.0 linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb76e9000) libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.8 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.8 (0xb7613000) libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0xb75cf000) liblog4cxx.so.10 => /usr/lib/liblog4cxx.so.10 (0xb7428000) libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0xb7422000) libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0xb7362000) libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0xb72ef000) libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0xb719e000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb718a000) libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0 (0xb7108000) libboost_iostreams.so.1.40.0 => /usr/lib/libboost_iostreams.so.1.40.0 (0xb70fd000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb70e4000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb6ff3000) libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb6fcd000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb6faf000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb6e68000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb6e64000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb6e60000) libaprutil-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.so.0 (0xb6e40000) libdb-4.8.so => /usr/lib/libdb-4.8.so (0xb6cd9000) libapr-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/libapr-1.so.0 (0xb6cac000) libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0xb6c9b000) librt.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb6c92000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb76ea000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb6c8e000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libcrypt.so.1 (0xb6c5b000) libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0xb6c35000) Terminal: xterm $DISPLAY is set. `which aptitude`: /usr/bin/aptitude aptitude version information: aptitude linkage: -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages aptitude depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.9 0.7.25.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii libboost-iostreams1.40. 1.40.0-6 Boost.Iostreams Library ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcwidget3 0.5.16-3 high-level terminal interface libr ii libept0 0.5.30 High-level library for managing De ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-9 GCC support library ii liblog4cxx10 0.10.0-1.1 A logging library for C++ ii libncursesw5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.2.4.2-1 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libsqlite3-0 3.6.21-2 SQLite 3 shared library ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libxapian15 1.0.17-1 Search engine library ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages aptitude recommends: ii apt-xapian-index 0.22 maintenance tools for a Xapian ind pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-do <none> (no description available) ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.1.1-2 parse Debian changelogs and output ii sensible-utils 0.0.2 Utilities for sensible alternative Versions of packages aptitude suggests: pn debtags <none> (no description available) pn tasksel <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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