David, will this bug get fixed in wheezy?
More people are starting to complain they get libapache2-mod-php5filter installed: #709027 I am still have no idea how to fix that in wheezy apart from fixing the selection algorithm in apt. Ondrej On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:57 PM, David Kalnischkies <kalnischk...@gmail.com>wrote: > (funny, talk without end about init systems, but not a single response > for a Debian native tool for a few days… and with funny, I meant sad) > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> wrote: > > I am just curious about the selection mechanism in apt(itude), > > something has changed between squeeze and wheezy. > > apt and aptitude are not the same program and have very different > behavior even through they share a 3 letter prefix and a library in > various areas, so don't assume that what I am saying about the > resolver in libapt which apt-get is using has anything to do with aptitude > which has its own or the various other libapt front-ends which might or > might not use the solver, or use it differently. > (Ignoring that most of them could use an external solver) > > > When I was noticed by a user that libapache2-mod-php5filter is > > installed by default when phpapi-20100525 (f.e. try installing > > php5-mysql in squeeze and wheezy). > […] > > It seems that apt is ignoring Priority: (php5filter is extra) > > Actually, its not ignoring the Priority, in fact it sorts by Priority, just > that the order changed "recently" (Nov 2011). A certain individual – who > I am not going to call out in public to protect him from the lynch-mob – > made the mistake of changing the code to sort lowest priority first … > (fixed in his branch now & added to the wheezy-maybe list) > > > > The solution would be to pick one default SAPI and do php5-SAPI | > > phpapi-20100525, but that would be hard to push into all r-depending > > PHP modules. > > This is indeed the recommend solution if you have a default as nowhere is > defined which provider of a priority is chosen. While priority might be an > obvious and easy choice for solvers working with a heuristic, I wouldn't be > surprised if more deterministic solvers would go for the least 'changes' > instead which might not be an optimal "default" choice. > Maybe you want to try it with: apt-get install $whatever --solver $solver > [where $solver is likely "aspcud" as we haven't that much more so far] > > Also: build-dependencies, but that is probably not an issue for PHP. > > > > Best regards > > David Kalnischkies > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/caaz6_fdjfr7jvnx6b0wgttjpunbhhsmzuw48chmn2kmf-de...@mail.gmail.com > > -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org>
