Package: apt Version: 0.7.6 Followup-For: Bug #170522
found 0.7.6 thanks I just wanted to ping this old bug because it is still present in the current version of apt-get. I primarily run unstable, but I have some boost libraries installed (and held) from testing. For example: apt-cache policy libboost-program-options-dev libboost-program-options-dev: Installed: 1.33.1-10 Candidate: 1.34.1-2 Version table: 1.34.1-2 0 500 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 1.33.1-10 0 500 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Now, the testing version of this package depends on libboost-program-options1.33.1, but the unstable version depends on libboost-program-options1.34.1 . When I do try a dist-upgrade, libboost-program-options-dev is correctly listed as "kept back", libboost-program-options1.33.1 is not mentioned at all, and libboost-program-options1.34.1 is listed as a NEW package to be installed. I've checked to ensure that nothing else depends on any of these packages, and if I allow the dist-upgrade to continue, I can immediately purge libboost-program-options1.34.1 without any problems. I haven't included output of get apt-get commands because there is a lot of unrelated output and I'm quite certain this is the same bug that others have already diagnosed. Thanks. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free #deb http://non-us.debian.org/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free #blackdown java #deb http://www.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable non-free # Sun java installer #deb http://debian.medvantx.com/apt debian/opennms unstable #deb-src http://debian.medvantx.com/apt debian/opennms unstable #[g]xmame #deb http://anarxia.dhis.org:2180/debian ./ #deb-src http://anarxia.dhis.org:2180/debian ./ #mplayer, mencoder deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main #yzis #deb ftp://download.yzis.org/yzis ./ #swsusp hibernate script #now included in unstable??? #deb http://cp.yi.org/apt/hibernate ./ #e16 and e17 CVS #deb http://soulmachine.net/debian unstable/ #deb-src http://soulmachine.net/debian unstable/ #deb http://gefechtsdienst.de/uman/files/ unstable main deb http://edevelop.org/debian sid main deb-src http://edevelop.org/debian sid main #madwifi-ng #deb http://debian.tu-bs.de/project/kanotix/experimental/ experimental non-free #deb-src http://debian.tu-bs.de/project/kanotix/experimental/ experimental non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.1 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-1, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO-8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.6.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.2.1-5 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.2.1-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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