[Aptitude-devel] Bug#1065554: Bug#1065554: aptitude: the TUI silently breaks a "Recommends"

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Vincent,

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > I've seen also already seen this, but so far it always was for a
> > reason here:
> > 
> > * On multiarch hosts, amd64 and i386 weren't in sync and there were
> >   Breaks against any version not being the same version.
> 
> This is not a multiarch host yet.

That was already mentioned in the original bug report's footer, yes.
Otherwise I would have asked. :-)

> > * An initial solution pulls in a package which Breaks the package in
> >   question and that pulled in package later (manually or due to other
> >   conflicts by manual changes) gets set to "keep uninstalled", but the
> >   effect of its Breaks is not reverted.
> 
> I cannot see any Breaks of at-spi2-core.

Yes, I've checked that, too.

That's also why I mentioned them: These cases don't apply and hence
it's NOT one of the two common cases, where it's more obvious (albeit
not necessarily good) that this happens.

[I removed the additional details, but they might come in handy later,
so thanks!]

> > But in your case neither of that seems to be case. So it indeed might
> > be a bug in this case.
> 
> Do you need the bundle?

Actually that would be interesting, as I have a vague idea how it
might have been triggered and would like to experiment a bit if I can
find a simpler reproducer.

BTW, do I remember right that you have APT::Install-Recommends set
"false"?

		Regards, Axel
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