Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.0.1-1 Severity: minor Hi,
I just stumbled upon the following situation where aptitude asks for confirmation to do nothing at all. # aptitude install readahead Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done The following packages are BROKEN: readahead-fedora The following NEW packages will be installed: libaudit0{a} readahead 0 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/120kB of archives. After unpacking 655kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: readahead-fedora: Conflicts: readahead but 2:1.5.4-2 is to be installed. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: readahead [Not Installed] Tier: Safe actions (10000) Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information... Done Initializing package states... Done <nothing> # In case you need more details: # apt-cache show readahead{,-fedora} | grep -E 'Package|Depends|Conflicts| Replaces|^$' Package: readahead Depends: readahead-fedora Package: readahead-fedora Replaces: readahead Depends: e2fslibs (>= 1.41.0), libaudit0, libblkid1 (>= 2.16), libc6 (>= 2.3.3), dpkg (>= 1.15.0) Conflicts: readahead Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer www.debian.org - get.debian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org