reassign 670404 ruby-locale 2.0.5-3 affects 670404 + apt-listbugs severity 670404 grave severity 670320 grave forcemerge 670320 670404 thanks
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:34:25 +0200 Salvo Tomaselli wrote:
> Package: apt-listbugs
> Version: 0.1.6
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks unrelated software
>
> Dear Maintainer,
Dear Salvo,
thanks for reporting this bug.
> running aptitude install or remove or upgrade i get that
>
> /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/locale.rb:239:in `collect_candidates': undefined
> method `size' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
> from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/locale.rb:222:in `candidates'
[...]
The issue you are experiencing seems to be caused by a bug in
ruby-locale, which has already been reported as bug #670320.
I am therefore reassigning your bug report and merging accordingly.
>
>
> i tried to remove apt-listbugs but apparently i can't.
> This is very severe since it has to be solved manually (because it prevents
> automatic upgrades)
There's no need to remove apt-listbugs, if you just want to prevent it
from being run by aptitude or apt-get.
Just temporarily edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs , turning all
its lines into comments (by prefixing them with "// ").
What I would do in your case is the following:
0) create a backup copy of /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10apt-listbugs
for instance in /tmp
1) temporarily disable apt-listbugs (as explained above)
2) downgrade to liblocale-ruby1.8/2.0.5-2 (currently in testing)
3) purge ruby-locale/2.0.5-3 (unless that hasn't already happened
automatically)
4) re-enable apt-listbugs, by restoring the backup copy of the
configuration file
5) upgrade again: apt-listbugs should detect the now grave bug
#670320 and offer you the possibility to pin package
liblocale-ruby1.8 to its currently installed version (2.0.5-2)
6) pin liblocale-ruby1.8
7) upgrade one more time: package liblocale-ruby1.8 should _not_ get
upgraded, until bug #670320 is fixed
I hope this helps.
Have a nice day.
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