[Aptitude-devel] Bug#799918: Bug#799918: apt-get proves I am innocent

[積丹尼 Dan Jacobson]

reopen 799918
found 799918 0.7.3-1
thanks

OK now full-upgrade prints "- libgdal1i, but 1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 is to be installed." twice! On the same line too.
(Note I always use the CLI aptitude and never curses.)

 qgis : Depends: libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 which is a virtual package, provided by:
                  - libgdal1i, but 1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 is to be installed.                  - libgdal1i, but 1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 is to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Remove the following packages:
1)     qgis



Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Keep the following packages at their current version:
1)     gdal-bin [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now)]
2)     libgdal1i [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now)]
3)     python-gdal [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now)]



Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Upgrade the following packages:
1)     gdal-bin [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now) -> 1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (unstable)]
2)     libgdal1i [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now) -> 1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (unstable)]
3)     python-gdal [1.11.2+dfsg-3 (now) -> 1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (unstable)]



Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y

And indeed above there is now a glimmer of hope now, so we take it.

Only to have our hopes dashed when a second run of full-upgrade shows
that the above "following actions will resolve these dependencies" did
not resolve anything:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libhdf5-8{a} (D: libgdal1i) (for libgdal1i)
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gdal-bin  libgdal1i  python-gdal
3 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/6,291 kB of archives. After unpacking 4,027 kB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 qgis : Depends: libgdal.so.1-1.11.2 which is a virtual package, provided by:
                  - libgdal1i, but 1.11.3+dfsg-1~exp1 is to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Remove the following packages:
1)     qgis


Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Keep the following packages at their current version:
1)     gdal-bin [1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (now, unstable)]
2)     libgdal1i [1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (now, unstable)]
3)     python-gdal [1.11.2+dfsg-3+b1 (now, unstable)]

Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] n

*** No more solutions available ***

At least this time the twice printing is now once.

MAFM> we could improve the message the main problem would remain, and
MAFM> that is that the packages in their current state are not
MAFM> installable anyway, and there is nothing that we can do from
MAFM> aptitude's side to get it installed in your system.

Then there is indeed a bug that should be reported to the package owner,
and the message should say so. Also apt-get should say that a bug should
be reported to the package owner.