tags 496775 +moreinfo thank you Hi Bjørn,
that's strange and it should not happen. Does it still happen? This could also be caused by some other package explicitly requesting libapache2-mod-php5 or some stranginess when installing/upgrading php5 meta-package. Ondrej 2008/8/27 Bjørn Mork <[email protected]>: > Package: php5 > Version: 5.2.6-3 > Severity: minor > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am a bit unsure about this, but at least it surprised me as a user so > an explanation could be needed. Please point me in the correct > direction in case it's a FAQ... > > I prefer the threaded apache2-mpm-worker and am therefore using php5-cgi > instead of libapache2-mod-php5. When running "apt-get dist-upgrade" I > was presented with > > canardo:/home/bjorn# apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > apache2-mpm-worker > The following NEW packages will be installed: > apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php5 > The following packages will be upgraded: > checksecurity freeradius freeradius-common gpsd gpsd-clients > libfreeradius2 libgps17 libgraphviz4 php-pear php5 php5-cgi > php5-cli php5-common php5-gd php5-imap php5-ldap php5-mcrypt > php5-mysql php5-pspell php5-snmp php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc reportbug > rhino x11-xserver-utils > 25 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 14.1MB of archives. > After this operation, 6234kB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n > Abort. > > I know I could (and should?) have avoided this by doing "apt-get upgrade", > but the point is that the suggested removal of apache2-mpm-worker is > completely unnecessary. It seems to be caused by php5 depending on > specific versions of libapache2-mod-php5 | php5-cgi. This means that the > dependendcy is unsatisfied at the point of upgrade and apt-get will try > to satisfy it by installing the first option it finds: The newer version > of libapache2-mod-php5. > > I believe the versioned dependecy is unnecessary. php5 could just as > well depend on > libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache2-mod-php5filter | php5-cgi, php5-common > and thereby avoid apt-get dragging in libapache2-mod-php5 when > libapache2-mod-php5filter or php5-cgi is already installed. > > > Bjørn > > - -- System Information: > Debian Release: lenny/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages php5 depends on: > ii php5-cgi 5.2.6-3 server-side, HTML-embedded > scripti > ii php5-common 5.2.6-3 Common files for packages built > fr > > php5 recommends no packages. > > php5 suggests no packages. > > - -- no debconf information > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAki1M5gACgkQ10rqkowbIsnNuACffbLJpIl1GXVONgtn5l1tESif > /uEAniERGEvRTanmPTdFTTGCjhuuV9a8 > =8lnI > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-php-maint mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-php-maint -- Ondřej Surý <[email protected]> http://blog.rfc1925.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

