[Aptitude-devel] Bug#514348: aptitude fails to detect if a package is installable

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo


Hi Uwe,

2009-02-06 14:28 Uwe Storbeck:
>Package: aptitude
>Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1
>Severity: normal
>
>Hi
>
>On an upgrade from etch to lenny aptitude always forces me to remove
>cacti (also see bug #514342). While trying to resolve this problem
>manually I got to the following aptitude misbehaviour:
>
>
>  # aptitude -vvvvv purge php4-cli
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  Building dependency tree
>  Reading state information... Done
>  Reading extended state information
>  Initializing package states... Done
>  The following packages are BROKEN:
>    cacti
>  The following packages will be REMOVED:
>    php4-cli{p} [6:4.4.4-8+etch6] <-3105kB>
>  0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
>  Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 3105kB will be freed.
>  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>    cacti: Depends: php4-cli but it is not installable or
>		    php5-cli but it is not installable
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>
>  Remove the following packages:
>  cacti
>
>  Score is 121
>
>  Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] ^C
>
>
>  # aptitude -vvvvv install php5-cli
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  Building dependency tree
>  Reading state information... Done
>  Reading extended state information
>  Initializing package states... Done
>  The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    php5-cli [5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny2] <+5419kB>
>  The following packages are SUGGESTED but will NOT be installed:
>    php-pear
>  0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
>  Need to get 0B/2475kB of archives. After unpacking 5419kB will be used.
>  Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
>  Writing extended state information... Done
>  Reading package fields... Done
>  Reading package status... Done
>  Retrieving bug reports... Done
>  Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
>  Selecting previously deselected package php5-cli.
>  (Reading database ... 369322 files and directories currently installed.)
>  Unpacking php5-cli (from .../php5-cli_5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny2_i386.deb) ...
>  Processing triggers for man-db ...
>  Setting up php5-cli (5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny2) ...
>
>  Creating config file /etc/php5/cli/php.ini with new version
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  Building dependency tree
>  Reading state information... Done
>  Reading extended state information
>  Initializing package states... Done
>  Writing extended state information... Done


Did you continue to see this issue after that occasion?

The resolver was heavily changed in the versions after the one that you
are using.  I am not sure if we can do much about this bug report now if
it's only this old case.


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>