Control: found -1 2.9.1
On 2023-11-01 21:53:26 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 2.6.1
> Severity: normal
>
> I've installed several -perl packages with "apt install", including
> libio-async-perl, and libtest-fatal-perl:amd64 was automatically
> installed as a dependency:
>
> Start-Date: 2023-11-01 21:03:35
> Commandline: apt install libio-async-perl
> Install: libdevel-mat-dumper-perl:amd64 (0.46-1+b1, automatic),
> libio-async-perl:amd64 (0.802-1), libtest-fatal-perl:amd64 (0.017-1,
> automatic), libtest-metrics-any-perl:amd64 (0.01-2, automatic),
> libsereal-perl:amd64 (5.003-1, automatic), libmetrics-any-perl:amd64 (0.09-1,
> automatic), libstruct-dumb-perl:amd64 (0.14-1, automatic),
> libtest-refcount-perl:amd64 (0.10-4, automatic),
> libasync-mergepoint-perl:amd64 (0.04-4, automatic)
> End-Date: 2023-11-01 21:03:39
>
> A bit later, I found that this was not needed, so that I removed the
> packages and also did a "apt autoremove --purge". Now, this command
> says:
>
> root@qaa:~# apt autoremove --purge
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>
> but while libtest-fatal-perl:amd64 (from /var/log/apt/history.log
> above) isn't installed, libtest-fatal-perl still is:
>
> root@qaa:~# dpkg -s libtest-fatal-perl:amd64
> dpkg-query: package 'libtest-fatal-perl' is not installed and no information
> is available
> Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files.
>
> root@qaa:~# dpkg -s libtest-fatal-perl
> Package: libtest-fatal-perl
> Status: install ok installed
> Priority: optional
> Section: perl
> Installed-Size: 43
> Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Architecture: all
> Multi-Arch: foreign
> Version: 0.017-1
> Depends: perl:any, libtry-tiny-perl
Well, this isn't really the right explanation. This is due to an
output bug in apt, which should have output "libtest-fatal-perl:all"
instead of "libtest-fatal-perl:amd64".
> So "apt autoremove" forgot it.
And I can reproduce the issue on another machine:
disset:~> apt-mark showauto | grep libtest-fatal-perl
libtest-fatal-perl
disset:~> apt autoremove -s
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Summary:
Upgrading: 0, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 18
disset:~> aptitude why libtest-fatal-perl
i libmastodon-client-perl Depends libdatetime-perl
i A libdatetime-perl Depends libspecio-perl
i A libspecio-perl Suggests libtest-fatal-perl
disset:~> aptitude remove -s libtest-fatal-perl
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libtest-fatal-perl
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 44.0 kB will be freed.
Would download/install/remove packages.
So, there's only a "Suggests", and note that I do not install
"Suggests" by default.
The only place this package appears in the history is
Start-Date: 2024-01-06 02:53:49
Commandline: apt install libhtml-gumbo-perl libidn-dev libimage-exiftool-perl
libipc-run-perl liblinux-inotify2-perl libmastodon-client-perl
Install: libdevel-mat-dumper-perl:amd64 (0.47-1, automatic),
libclass-load-perl:amd64 (0.25-2, automatic), libsafe-isa-perl:amd64
(1.000010-1, automatic), libmastodon-client-perl:amd64 (0.017-2),
libhash-multivalue-perl:amd64 (0.16-3, automatic),
libimage-base-bundle-perl:amd64 (1.0.7-3.5, automatic), libio-async-perl:amd64
(0.802-2, automatic), libtest-fatal-perl:amd64 (0.017-1, automatic),
pkgconf:amd64 (1.8.1-1, automatic), libtest-metrics-any-perl:amd64 (0.01-2,
automatic), libcompress-raw-lzma-perl:amd64 (2.206-2, automatic),
libsereal-perl:amd64 (5.004-1, automatic), libio-async-ssl-perl:amd64 (0.25-1,
automatic), libidn-dev:amd64 (1.41-1), libhtml-gumbo-perl:amd64 (0.18-3+b2),
libimage-info-perl:amd64 (1.44-1, automatic), libimage-exiftool-perl:amd64
(12.67+dfsg-1), libmetrics-any-perl:amd64 (0.10-1, automatic),
libcompress-bzip2-perl:amd64 (2.28-1+b3, automatic), pkg-config:amd64 (1.8.1-1,
automatic), libfuture-perl:amd64 (0.50-1, automatic),
liblinux-inotify2-perl:amd64 (1:2.3-2), libstruct-dumb-perl:amd64 (0.14-1,
automatic), pkgconf-bin:amd64 (1.8.1-1, automatic),
libtypes-path-tiny-perl:amd64 (0.006-2, automatic), libtest-refcount-perl:amd64
(0.10-4, automatic), libpkgconf3:amd64 (1.8.1-1, automatic),
libasync-mergepoint-perl:amd64 (0.04-4, automatic), libhttp-thin-perl:amd64
(0.006-2, automatic), libnet-async-http-perl:amd64 (0.49-1, automatic),
librole-eventemitter-perl:amd64 (0.003-2, automatic), libfuture-xs-perl:amd64
(0.12-1, automatic), libfuture-io-perl:amd64 (0.15-1, automatic)
End-Date: 2024-01-06 02:53:54
I suppose that libtest-fatal-perl was automatically installed
because libio-async-perl 0.802-2 recommended it. But this
"Recommends" was removed in libio-async-perl 0.803-1, which
is currently installed on this machine.
In the "Reverse Depends" listed by "apt-cache showpkg libtest-fatal-perl",
only 2 packages are installed (libspecio-perl and libio-async-perl),
but this is a "Suggests" in both cases.
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