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and subject line aptitude: predepends makes reinstall inconvenient
has caused the Debian Bug report #250121,
regarding aptitude: predepends makes reinstall inconvenient
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.2.14.1-2
Severity: normal
Small disk failure destroyed almost all files from /usr/bin so I decided to
reinstall most of installed packages. I asked aptitude to update all packages
with new version and reinstall the rest.
I thought it would be as simple as pressing 'L' and 'U'. Unfortunately, aptitude
(or is it apt-get problem?) detected circular dependencies (because of
predepends) and refused to reinstall or upgrade anything.
Of course one can avoid this problem by holding problematic packages manualy
(this was my solution, until I was stopped by another aptitude problems), but
(IMHO) this makes aptitude for such tasks quite uncomfortable and awkward.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.24
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3 0.5.25 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.3-8 GCC support library
ii libncurses5 5.4-3 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsigc++-1.2-5c102 1.2.5-1 Type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
Hello,
This bug report is not very actionable in the first place, and no more
information was provided even if the maintainer reacted the same day
within hours... so after 11+ years I think that it is safe to close
this bug report.
Cheers.
--
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <[email protected]>
--- End Message ---
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