[Aptitude-devel] Bug#769102: Can't configure packages from undocumented states 'T' and 'W'

[Francesco Poli]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:19:06 +0000 Jean-Michel Nirgal Vourgère wrote:

> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.6.11-1+b1
> 
[...]
> But now, 2 packages are refusing to complete their configuration:
> 
>     root at deimos:~# aptitude full-upgrade
>     The following partially installed packages will be configured:
>       dbus systemd-shim
>     No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
>     0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
>     Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
> 
[...]
> I worked around that by running "dpkg -a --configure"
[...]

Hello,
I am another user who has recently experienced the same bug.

Actually, I have seen this issue on several boxes with a number of
different packages left "partially installed" (dbus and systemd-shim
are one example set of packages, but I have also seen the same
misbehavior happen with cups, hplip, and other packages...).

I have not identified any clear pattern: I failed to figure out which
package configuration failed, if any.

I also worked around the issue with "aptitude reinstall dbus" or with
"dpkg --configure -a".

> 
> I think aptitude should be able to configure these packages, or at very
> least should not say it will configure them when it does not.

I agree, but it seems to me that there are probably two distinct issues
here:

  a) some packages are mysteriously left in a "partially installed"
     state (it's not clear to me why)

  b) aptitude promises to fix the situation, but it does not


I hope these bugs may be successfully addressed soon.
Bye.


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