Package: apt Version: 0.7.20.2+lenny1 Followup-For: Bug #216768
My APT setup includes sources from Lenny (stable) and Squeeze (testing), pinned so that only certain packages get pulled from testing. I have ``apticron`` installed and since I made the mixed setup with pinning, it reports that ``dash`` and ``diffutils`` are pending an upgrade, when neither of them are installed. It happens that both packages are essential in Squeeze, but not in Lenny. If I install the Lenny version of ``dash`` and try to remove it with Aptitude, it insists in the installed package being essential, which is untrue. Forcing the removal of ``dash`` and ``diffutils`` reverts the system to the same state (i.e. ``apticron`` recommending the upgrade of the uninstalled packages). -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Default-Release "stable"; 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"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; 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/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release a=lenny-backports Pin-Priority: 200 Package: drupal6 Pin: release a=lenny-backports Pin-Priority: 999 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 190 Package: prosody Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 Package: liblua5.1-sec0 Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 999 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main ## <XNX by="ivan" date="2009-10-30"> deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main ## </XNX> -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (190, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.8-linode16 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ca_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1 terminal-based package manager pn bzip2 <none> (no description available) pn dpkg-dev <none> (no description available) ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.7.1+nmu1 Python interface to libapt-pkg -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org