I've used aptitude and cron-apt together for a couple of years now. on an AMD64x2 running sid. Lately, cron-apt prepares for upgrades that don't make sense. For instance last night's run:
... CRON-APT ACTION: 3-download CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade -d -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following NEW packages will be installed: gnuchess gnuchess-book guile-1.8-libs libgnome-desktop-2 libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgtkglext1 libgtksourceview-common libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libmetacity0 libpanel-applet2-0 libpoppler-glib2 libpoppler2 libstartup-notification0 libtotem-plparser7 libwnck-common libwnck22 libxres1 metacity-common python-ctypes python-gnome2 python-gnome2-desktop python-gtkglext1 python-opengl python-pyorbit python-setuptools ... gnuchess? Why? Here's the state of these NEW packages: prompt#: dpkg -l `cat NEW-pkg-install` |cut -c1-74 No packages found matching libpoppler-glib2. No packages found matching libpoppler2. Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase ||/ Name Version +++-===================================-================================== rc gnuchess 5.07-4 pn gnuchess-book <none> rc guile-1.8-libs 1.8.2+1-2 rc libgnome-desktop-2 2.20.1-1 rc libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.2-5 rc libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.18.2-1 pn libgnomeprint2.2-data <none> rc libgnomeprintui2.2-0 2.18.1-1 pn libgnomeprintui2.2-common <none> rc libgtkglext1 1.0.6-2.1+b1 pn libgtksourceview-common <none> rc libgtksourceview1.0-0 1.8.5-1 rc libgtop2-7 2.20.0-1 pn libgtop2-common <none> rc libmetacity0 1:2.20.0-1 rc libpanel-applet2-0 2.20.1-1 rc libstartup-notification0 0.9-1 rc libtotem-plparser7 2.20.0-3 pn libwnck-common <none> rc libwnck22 2.20.1-1 rc libxres1 2:1.0.3-1 rc metacity-common 1:2.20.0-1 pn python-ctypes <none> pn python-gnome2 <none> pn python-gnome2-desktop <none> pn python-gtkglext1 <none> pn python-opengl <none> pn python-pyorbit <none> pn python-setuptools <none> This started about a week ago. Any idea how to bring cron-apt back to earth? Its not fatal, aptitude still knows what to do on upgrades but its an real annoyance and I'm downloading useless files. thanks, stevem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
