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Subject: apt: Strange dependancy interaction with apt with multiple releases in
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Hi,
I've been running for a while with only testing and unstable in my
sources.list with a modified preferences[1] file, and thought to add stable
just to see which packages I might get from stable when I install new
packages...
Here's a patch[2] that shows the changes made the my sources.list file.
Now, with these changes, it is reinstalling shellutils and textutils which I
have uninstalled because they're just psudo-packages in testing. But after
I let it be installed, and try to remove the packages, it thinks they're
required[3] for a working system (which they're not anymore in testing...) just
like they were in stable.
[1]
package: *
pin: release a=proposed-updates
Pin-Priority: 810
package: *
pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 800
[2]
--- /tmp/sources.list 2002-10-30 15:31:31.000000000 -0800
+++ /etc/apt/sources.list 2002-10-30 15:36:15.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
-#Main
+#Stable
+deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
+deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
+
+#Testing
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
+#Unstable
+deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
+deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
non-free
+
#Proposed Updates
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable-proposed-updates main non-free
contrib
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing-proposed-updates main non-free
contrib
#deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
-#Unstable
-deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
-deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
non-free
-
#Open Office
#deb ftp://ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice unstable main contrib
#deb http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ testing main contrib
[3]
# apt-get -u remove shellutils textutils
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
shellutils textutils
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
shellutils textutils
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 16.4kB will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
?]
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux mis-mike-wstn 2.4.19-klips196-om196-openmosix #1 SMP Mon Oct 21
14:44:18 PDT 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-11 The GNU stdc++ library
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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 14:26:20 -0700 (MST)
From: Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bug#167268: apt: Strange dependancy interaction with apt with
multiple releases in sources.list
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On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Now, with these changes, it is reinstalling shellutils and textutils which I
> have uninstalled because they're just psudo-packages in testing. But after
> I let it be installed, and try to remove the packages, it thinks they're
> required[3] for a working system (which they're not anymore in testing...)
> just
> like they were in stable.
Packages that have a mixture of essential/non-essential versions will
act like this. It's normal and expected, people should really not be
screwing around with essential packages like this.
Jason
