Package: coreutils Version: 9.7-999+0.0.0 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Dear Maintainer, When one attempts a downgrade of coreutils from 9.7-999+0.0.0 (with Rust uutils) to 9.7-3 (with GNU), this renders all coreutil binaries, such as `/bin/rm`, completely unusable with an error that they are not in the PATH variable. In addition, the downgrade itself fails with an error as seen in the apt log file: ``` Downgrade: coreutils:amd64 (9.7-999+0.0.0, 9.7-3) Purge: rust-coreutils:amd64 (0.0.30-4), coreutils-from-uutils:amd64 (0.0.0) Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) End-Date: 2026-01-17 16:23:55 ``` Corresponding dpkg log file: ``` 2026-01-17 16:23:50 startup archives unpack 2026-01-17 16:23:50 upgrade coreutils:all 9.7-999+0.0.0 9.7-3 2026-01-17 16:23:50 status half-configured coreutils:all 9.7-999+0.0.0 2026-01-17 16:23:50 status unpacked coreutils:all 9.7-999+0.0.0 2026-01-17 16:23:50 status half-installed coreutils:all 9.7-999+0.0.0 2026-01-17 16:23:50 status triggers-pending install-info:amd64 7.2-5 2026-01-17 16:23:50 status triggers-pending man-db:amd64 2.13.1-1 2026-01-17 16:23:50 status unpacked coreutils:amd64 9.7-3 2026-01-17 16:23:50 startup packages remove 2026-01-17 16:23:50 status installed coreutils-from-uutils:all 0.0.0 2026-01-17 16:23:50 remove coreutils-from-uutils:all 0.0.0 <none> 2026-01-17 16:23:50 status half-configured coreutils-from-uutils:all 0.0.0 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status half-installed coreutils-from-uutils:all 0.0.0 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status config-files coreutils-from-uutils:all 0.0.0 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status not-installed coreutils-from-uutils:all <none> 2026-01-17 16:23:55 startup packages configure 2026-01-17 16:23:55 configure coreutils:amd64 9.7-3 <none> 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status unpacked coreutils:amd64 9.7-3 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status half-configured coreutils:amd64 9.7-3 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status installed coreutils:amd64 9.7-3 2026-01-17 16:23:55 startup packages remove 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status installed rust-coreutils:amd64 0.0.30-4 2026-01-17 16:23:55 remove rust-coreutils:amd64 0.0.30-4 <none> 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status half-configured rust-coreutils:amd64 0.0.30-4 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status half-installed rust-coreutils:amd64 0.0.30-4 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status config-files rust-coreutils:amd64 0.0.30-4 2026-01-17 16:23:55 status not-installed rust-coreutils:amd64 <none> ``` Note: Busybox was used as a last ditch attempt to save the system with a reinstallation of Rust uutils as `dpkg` and `apt-get` do not function unless a phony `/bin/rm` was created (which worked) - -- System Information: Debian Release: forky/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.19-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER, TAINT_WARN Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii coreutils-from-uutils [coreutils-from] 0.0.0 coreutils recommends no packages. coreutils suggests no packages. - -- no debconf information -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQTsigbt7ZnibbpjLSwmygukCVXDVgUCaWw12wAKCRAmygukCVXD VjE0AQDikoXJvV+zPfL9vj8/LFQEJoN9OuAmdnQHWClGpPYLxAEAnJwh72Jju1W1 060mZDVr+rMKM5mxdfCu4R9DpGQCrgM= =o3MP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
