Expected behaviour: aptitude can upgrade my packages Experienced behaviour: aptitude throws an error and gives package availability summaries that don't sound right!
I'm using testing as of 11AM BST (GMT+ summer time) on 2007-08-03 /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main #deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free #deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free #mplayer deb http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mplayer/etc command: aptitude full-upgrade output: (edited!) Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Reading extended state information... Initializing package states... Reading task descriptions... Building tag database... The following packages are BROKEN: aalib1 apt apt-utils arts aspell-en bridge-utils bsdutils build-essential bzip2 compiz console-tools coreutils cpp-4.0 dbus dbus-x11 debconf-i18n debhelper debianutils devscripts dhcp-client dosemu dpkg-dev faad fdutils flashplugin-nonfree fontconfig fontforge freeglut3-dev g++-4.0 gamin gcc-4.0 gcj-4.0 gcjwebplugin gdb gettext-base gij-4.0 gij-4.1 gjdoc glide2-bin gnash grep gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.8-swfdec gzip hostname iceape-browser iceape-gnome-support iceweasel ifupdown initramfs-tools jackd kaffe-pthreads kaffeine kdebase-bin kdelibs4c2a kexec-tools klogd lapack3 lesstif2 lftp liba52-0.7.4 libaa1-dev libakode2 libart-2.0-2 libarts1-akode libarts1-dev libarts1-mpeglib libarts1c2a libartsc0-dev libasound2-dev libaspell15 libaudio-dev libaudiofile-dev libavahi-compat-howl0 libavahi-qt3-1 libavc1394-0 libavcodec0d libavcodec1d libavformat1d libavutil1d libbonoboui2-0 libc6-dev libc6-xen libcairo2 libcairomm-1.0-1 libcapi20-3 libccrtp1-1.5-0 libcdio6 libcommoncpp2-1.5-0 libcupsys2-dev libcurl3-gnutls libdb1-compat libdb4.2 libdb4.3 libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2 libdirectfb-dev libdirectfb-extra libdvdnav4 libdvdread3 libebml0 libelfg0 libenchant1c2a libexif12 libexpat1-dev libfaad0 libflac6 libflac8 libflash0c2 libfontconfig1 libfreebob0 libfreetype6 libgamin0 libgcj6 libgcj6-awt libgconf2-4 libgcrypt11 libgcrypt11-dev libgdbm3 libglade2-0 libglib1.2 libglide2 libglu1-xorg-dev libgmp3c2 libgnash0 libgnet2.0-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomeui-0 libgnomeuimm-2.6-1c2a libgnutls11 libgpg-error0 libgphoto2-2 libgphoto2-2-dev libgphoto2-port0 libgsm1 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libgstreamer0.8-0 libgtk1.2 libgtk2.0-0 libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgtkspell0 libhal-dev libhsqldb-java libhunspell-1.1-0 libiec61883-0 libieee1284-3-dev libiso9660-4 libjack-dev libjack0 libjasper1 libjpeg62 liblcms1 libldap2 liblo0 libltdl3-dev liblua50 liblualib50 liblzo1 libmad0-dev libmatroska0 libmdbtools libmimedir0 libmng-dev libmpeg3-1 libmudflap0-dev libmyspell3c2 libmysqlclient15off libnet-daemon-perl libnotify1 libnss3-0d libogg0 liboil0.3 libopencdk8 libopenexr2c2a liborange0 libotr2 libpam-modules libpam0g libpci2 libplrpc-perl libpopt0 libportaudio0 libpostproc0d libpostproc1d libqt3-mt libqt3-mt-dev librra0 libsamplerate0 libsane libsane-dev libsasl2-modules libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2debian-alsa libsepol1 libsexy2 libsigc++-1.2-5c102 libslang2-dev libspeex1 libssl0.9.7 libssl0.9.8 libstdc++6-4.0-dev libstlport4.6c2 libsvga1-dev libswfdec0.3 libsysfs2 libt1-5 libtar libtasn1-2 libtasn1-3 libterm-size-perl libtext-template-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl libtextwrap1 libtheora0 libtool libtwolame0 libufsparse libungif4g libuninameslist0 libunshield0 libusb-0.1-4 libuuid1 libvcdinfo0 libvlc0 libvorbis-dev libvorbisfile3 libwxgtk2.6-0 libxau-dev libxdmcp6 libxext-dev libxext6 libxi-dev libxine1-ffmpeg libxinerama-dev libxinerama1 libxkbfile-dev libxkbfile1 libxml2 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libxrender1 libxslt1-dev libxslt1.1 libxss1 libxtrap6 libxxf86dga1 libzrtpcpp-0.9-0 login lsb-base makedev man-db menu mktemp module-assistant module-init-tools mpeglib myspell-en-gb myspell-en-us mysql-client-5.0 ncurses-base ncurses-bin netbase notification-daemon nvidia-glx-dev nvidia-kernel-source openarena openbsd-inetd openoffice.org-base openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-gb openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-l10n-en-gb openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us openoffice.org-writer p7zip patchutils pciutils perl-base perl-doc perl-modules perl-suid pidgin pidgin-data pidgin-encryption pidgin-extprefs pidgin-libnotify pidgin-otr pidgin-plugin-pack prelink procps psmisc python python-dbus python-gobject python-minimal python-psyco python-uno python2.4-minimal qemu qt3-dev-tools qtorrent quake2 quake2-data realplayer refblas3 rosegarden screen sharutils skype slang1 slang1a-utf8 sndfile-programs sudo swf-player synce-kde sysklogd tcpd telnet ttf-thryomanes twinkle vlc vlc-nox whiptail workrave x11proto-core-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-kb-dev x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-render-dev x11proto-xext-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xbase-clients xbitmaps xen-tools xen-utils-3.0 xfsprogs xine-ui xmms xpdf-reader xpdf-utils xterm The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: bittornado cpp-4.1 dmidecode ecj-bootstrap-gcj esound-common g++-4.1 gettext gnome-mime-data gpgv htdig laptop-detect libamrnb2 libamrwb2 libasyncns0 libatk1.0-data libavahi-common-data libavahi-glib1 libavcodeccvs51 libavformatcvs51 libavutilcvs49 libbonobo2-common libcroco3 libdatrie0 libdrm2 libfaac0 libfont-afm-perl libfontenc-dev libgcj7-jar libggi-target-x libggi2 libgii1 libgii1-target-x libglib2.0-data libgnome-window-settings1 libgnome2-common libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-extra libgnutlsxx13 libgsf-1-common libgtk-canvas1 libgtkmm1.2-0c2a libhal-storage1 libhtml-format-perl libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl libidl0 libjaxp1.3-java libjline-java libkeyutils1 liblame0 liblog4j1.2-java liblzo2-2 liblzo2-dev libmagic1 libmagick9 libmail-sendmail-perl libpango1.0-common libpostproccvs51 libpq5 libqt4-gui libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql libsdl-net1.2 libsdl-sound1.2 libshout3 libswt-gtk-3.2-jni libthai-data libthai0 libtie-ixhash-perl libtiffxx0c2 libtimedate-perl libttf2 libvolume-id0 libwavpack1 libwnck-common libx11-data libx264-54 libx264-55 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb-xv0 libxcb1 libxdmcp-dev libxfixes-dev libxfont-dev libxfont1 libxml-parser-perl libxml-xpath-perl libxmu-headers libxmuu-dev libxp-dev libxpm-dev libxres1 libxtrap-dev libxtst-dev libxv-dev libxvidcore4 libxvmc1 mesa-utils metacity-common mplayer-skin-blue nvidia-kernel-2.6.18-1-486 openssl python-sip4 python-wxgtk2.6 python-wxversion qt4-qtconfig raptor-utils sgml-base shared-mime-info tasksel-data ttf-bitstream-vera x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-print-dev x11proto-record-dev x11proto-trap-dev x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xf86dga-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev xcursor-themes xfonts-encodings xlibs-data xlibs-static-dev xtrans-dev xutils-dev 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 126 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 158MB will be freed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6-xen: PreDepends: libc6 (= 2.6-2) but it is not installable [at this point just about every single package in the world which depends directly or indirectly on libc6 is mentioned] libungif4g: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.5-5) but it is not installable Resolving dependencies... *** ERROR: search aborted by fatal exception. You may continue searching, but some solutions will be unreachable. Unexpectedly non-broken dependency gcc-4.0 4.0.3-7 -> {libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 libc6 2.6-2 libc6 2.6-5}! (libc6 2.6-2 is installed) Abort. command: apt-cache policy libc6 output: libc6: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.6-2 Version table: 2.6-5 0 100 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages 2.6-2 0 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.3.6.ds1-13 0 500 http://ftp.uk.debian.org stable/main Packages command: aptitude also threw an "uncaught exception" in problemresolver.h:2319 but it seems currently to be hanging at the "loading cache" stage instead, so I can't get the whole message right now! Expected behaviour: libc6 is installable, and aptitude doesn't crash trying to list the packages that can't be installed if it isn't HTH Cheers & God bless Sam "SammyTheSnake" Penny
