[Aptitude-devel] Bug#847954: aptitude breaks Recommends with a wrong justification and no warnings

Vincent Lefevre vincent at vinc17.net
Mon Dec 12 15:43:37 UTC 2016


Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.3-1+b2
Severity: normal

I want to upgrade the nvidia packages from 367.57-2 to 375.20-4,
and I get:

--\ Packages to be upgraded (41)                                                              
iuA libegl-nvidia0                 +78.8 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libegl-nvidia0:i386            +56.3 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libegl1-glvnd-nvidia           +62.5 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libegl1-glvnd-nvidia:i386      +66.6 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgldispatch0-nvidia          +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgldispatch0-nvidia:i386     +8192 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgles-nvidia1                +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgles-nvidia1:i386           +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgles-nvidia2                +12.3 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgles-nvidia2:i386           +13.3 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgles1-glvnd-nvidia          +8192 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgles1-glvnd-nvidia:i386     +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgles2-glvnd-nvidia          +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libgles2-glvnd-nvidia:i386     +7168 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libglx-nvidia0                 +7168 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libglx-nvidia0:i386            +7168 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libglx0-glvnd-nvidia           -3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libglx0-glvnd-nvidia:i386      +4096 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libnvidia-cfg1                 +2048 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libnvidia-cfg1:i386            +2048 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libnvidia-eglcore              +612 kB   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libnvidia-eglcore:i386         -4686 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libnvidia-glcore               +622 kB   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libnvidia-glcore:i386          -4626 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libnvidia-ml1                  +33.8 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia        +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA libopengl0-glvnd-nvidia:i386   +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-alternative             +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-driver                  +13.3 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-driver-bin              +4096 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-driver-libs             +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-driver-libs:i386        +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-driver-libs-i386:i386   +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iu  nvidia-kernel-dkms             +717 kB   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-kernel-support          +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-legacy-check            +4096 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-vdpau-driver            +5120 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-vulkan-common           +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-vulkan-icd              +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA nvidia-vulkan-icd:i386         +3072 B   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
iuA xserver-xorg-video-nvidia      +413 kB   367.57-2                 375.20-4                
--\ Packages being automatically installed to satisfy dependencies (7)
piA libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx        +889 kB   <none>                   375.20-4                
piA libgl1-glvnd-nvidia-glx:i386   +749 kB   <none>                   375.20-4                
piA libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx        +337 kB   <none>                   375.20-4                
piA libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:i386   +337 kB   <none>                   375.20-4                
piA nvidia-egl-common              +189 kB   <none>                   375.20-4                
piA nvidia-egl-icd                 +183 kB   <none>                   375.20-4                
piA nvidia-egl-icd:i386            +183 kB   <none>                   375.20-4                
--\ Packages being removed because they are no longer used (3)
ipA libgl1-nvidia-glx              -1706 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
ipA libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386         -1544 kB  367.57-2                 375.20-4                
idA nvidia-settings                -3824 kB  367.57-1                 367.57-1                

I wonder why aptitude wants to remove nvidia-settings. I get:

nvidia-settings (remove, 367.57-1) was installed automatically; it is being    ▒
removed because all of the packages which depend upon it are being removed:    ▒
                                                                               ▒
  * nvidia-driver [non-free] (upgrade, 367.57-2 -> 375.20-4) recommends        ▒
    nvidia-settings (>= 367)                                                   ▒
  * xserver-xorg-video-nvidia [non-free] (upgrade, 367.57-2 -> 375.20-4)       ▒
    recommends nvidia-settings (>= 367)                                        ▒

But this is wrong! Both nvidia-driver and xserver-xorg-video-nvidia
will be upgraded. The new versioned dependency will be (>= 375),
but aptitude should have given a warning that this will break the
Recommends.

-- Package-specific info:
Terminal: xterm-debian
$DISPLAY is set.
which aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude

aptitude version information:
aptitude 0.8.3
Compiler: g++ 6.2.0 20161103
Compiled against:
  apt version 5.0.0
  NCurses version 6.0
  libsigc++ version: 2.10.0
  Gtk+ support disabled.
  Qt support disabled.

Current library versions:
  NCurses version: ncurses 6.0.20161126
  cwidget version: 0.5.17
  Apt version: 5.0.1

aptitude linkage:
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff84fec000)
	libgtk3-nocsd.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk3-nocsd.so.0 (0x00007fc00d550000)
	libapt-pkg.so.5.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0 (0x00007fc00d1a5000)
	libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007fc00cf75000)
	libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00007fc00cd4b000)
	libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fc00cb44000)
	libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcwidget.so.3 (0x00007fc00c845000)
	libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x00007fc00c53e000)
	libboost_iostreams.so.1.62.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_iostreams.so.1.62.0 (0x00007fc00c326000)
	libboost_filesystem.so.1.62.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.62.0 (0x00007fc00c10d000)
	libboost_system.so.1.62.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.62.0 (0x00007fc00bf09000)
	libxapian.so.30 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxapian.so.30 (0x00007fc00bafb000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fc00b8dc000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fc00b55b000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fc00b257000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fc00b040000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fc00aca2000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fc00aa9e000)
	libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fc00a885000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fc00a66b000)
	libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007fc00a45b000)
	liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fc00a235000)
	liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007fc00a023000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fc009e1b000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007fc009c14000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000055f6c38ba000)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii  aptitude-common            0.8.3-1
ii  libapt-pkg5.0              1.4~beta1
ii  libboost-filesystem1.62.0  1.62.0+dfsg-4
ii  libboost-iostreams1.62.0   1.62.0+dfsg-4
ii  libboost-system1.62.0      1.62.0+dfsg-4
ii  libc6                      2.24-8
ii  libcwidget3v5              0.5.17-4+b1
ii  libgcc1                    1:6.2.1-5
ii  libncursesw5               6.0+20161126-1
ii  libsigc++-2.0-0v5          2.10.0-1
ii  libsqlite3-0               3.15.2-1
ii  libstdc++6                 6.2.1-5
ii  libtinfo5                  6.0+20161126-1
ii  libxapian30                1.4.1-1

Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
ii  libparse-debianchangelog-perl  1.2.0-11
ii  sensible-utils                 0.0.9

Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
pn  apt-xapian-index                <none>
ii  aptitude-doc-en [aptitude-doc]  0.8.3-1
pn  debtags                         <none>
ii  tasksel                         3.38

-- no debconf information



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