Package: apt Version: 0.5.0 Severity: important ----- /etc/apt/preferences contains: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 600
Package: * Pin: release a=potato Pin-Priority: 600 Package: * Pin: release o=helix Pin-Priority: 600 ----- so normally stable packages have higher priority then unstable. How to reproduce: lyell:~# apt-get -s install rproxy -t unstable Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: cpp cpp-2.95 g++ g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 libc6 libc6-dev libstdc++2.10-dev libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 locales stardic task-chinese-s zh-trans The following packages will be REMOVED: locale-zh The following NEW packages will be installed: cpp-2.95 g++-2.95 gcc-2.95 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 stardic 10 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 1 to remove and 433 not upgraded. Inst libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 (1:2.95.3-6 Debian:unstable) [] Inst cpp-2.95 (1:2.95.3-6 Debian:unstable) [] Inst gcc-2.95 (1:2.95.3-6 Debian:unstable) [] Inst g++ (1:2.95.3-5 Debian:unstable) [] Inst gcc (1:2.95.3-5 Debian:unstable) [] Inst cpp (1:2.95.3-5 Debian:unstable) [] Inst g++-2.95 (1:2.95.3-6 Debian:unstable) [] Inst libstdc++2.10-dev (1:2.95.3-6 Debian:unstable) [] Inst libc6-dev (2.2.2-1 Debian:unstable) [] Inst zh-trans (0.8.1-3 Debian:unstable) [] Inst task-chinese-s (0.7 Debian:unstable) [] Segmentation fault (gdb) bt #0 0x4019d2a0 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x40062b68 in pkgCache::VerIterator::RelStr () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 #2 0x4006fc90 in pkgSimulate::Describe () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 #3 0x40070ab6 in pkgSimulate::Remove () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 #4 0x4006e808 in pkgPackageManager::SmartRemove () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 #5 0x4006f495 in pkgPackageManager::OrderInstall () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 #6 0x4006f5b5 in pkgPackageManager::DoInstall () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 #7 0x80505c3 in strcpy () #8 0x80588bd in strcpy () #9 0x4005a2ea in CommandLine::DispatchArg () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 #10 0x8061840 in strcpy () #11 0x40162a42 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 trace shows nothing that looks important to me: write(1, "Inst task-chinese-s (0.7 Debian:"..., 45Inst task-chinese-s (0.7 Debian:unstable) [] ) = 45 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ more details can be provided on request. Also note: lyell:~# dpkg -l libc6 rproxy Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii libc6 2.1.3-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii rproxy 0.5.7-4 A cache which uses differences to speed up r lyell:~# dpkg -S /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 apt: /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.3.1 and: ----- /etc/apt/sources # See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed throught the apt-cdrom tool. # Proxy configuration is covered through environment variables or # deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/helixcode/distributions/debian unstable main # --- STABLE --- deb ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian stable main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian-non-US stable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free #deb-src ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb-src ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian-non-US stable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US stable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US stable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free # --- UNSTABLE --- deb ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian-non-US unstable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free #deb-src ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian unstable main contrib non-free #deb-src ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian-non-US unstable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US unstable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US unstable non-US/main non-US/contrib non-US/non-free ----- -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux lyell 2.2.18 #1 Tue Jan 2 11:45:11 EST 2001 i686 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.3-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-13 The GNU stdc++ library
