Bug#855891: upgrade removes packages

2017-02-23 Thread Mattia Rizzolo
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 08:08:00PM +1300, martin f krafft wrote: > Nah, my automation scripts simply removed the backports repo when > they switched the system to stretch, while stretch is still > "testing" and hence backports don't exist. except that the stretch-backports suite does exist right n

Bug#855891: upgrade removes packages

2017-02-22 Thread martin f krafft
severity 855891 wishlist retitle 855891 Ignore APT::Get::AutomaticRemove during "upgrade" tags 855891 confirmed kthxbye also sprach David Kalnischkies [2017-02-23 17:10 +1300]: > I take it that by now you have upgraded to apt/stretch while your > bug was with apt/jessie? Or did you upgrade apt be

Bug#855891: upgrade removes packages

2017-02-22 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:17:44AM +1300, martin f krafft wrote: > However, libperl4-corelibs-perl was also removed during the > "upgrade", and that exists in the previous dpkg.status backup: Does apt-get upgrade -s \ -o Dir::state::status=/path/to/backup/dpkg.status \ -o Dir::state::extended

Bug#855891: upgrade removes packages

2017-02-22 Thread martin f krafft
Package: apt Version: 1.0.9.8.4 Severity: important I upgraded a jessie system to stretch last night, using the usual dpkg --configure -a && dpkg --audit && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade sequence. During the upgrade step, ifupdown (among others) was removed: Commandline: apt-get upgr