Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.5 Severity: wishlist
Users who run 'unstable' often see hemming and hawing error messages when upgrading, particularly these paragraphs (caps added for emphasis): Some packages could not be installed. This MAY mean that you have requested an impossible situation OR IF you are using the unstable distribution THAT some required packages have not YET been created OR been moved out of Incoming. SINCE you only requested a single operation it is extremely LIKELY that the package is simply not installable AND a bug report against that package SHOULD be filed. ...this text asks users to find out (or guess) the state of their system, (that is, whether they're running 'unstable' or not), and from that deduce which of various causes are probable. I believe that most Debian systems already contain enough information for 'apt-get' itself to determine whether the system is 'unstable' or not. For the systems where this can be reliably ascertained, it would be better if 'apt-get' quietly made the right deduction then displayed a more specific error message. For example, if 'apt-get' knows the system is running 'stable', the above two paragraphs could be shortened to: Some packages could not be installed. It is likely that the package is not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. ...and so forth with the other possible errors, depending on the circumstances. -- Package-specific info: -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-12 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-12 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]