Package: apt Version: 0.5.25 Severity: important hi,
apt-get doesn't ask for extra package install - if needed - when at least one package in install line is mentioned twice: # apt-get install tla gawk Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libneon24 Suggested packages: tla-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: gawk libneon24 tla 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 1218kB of archives. After unpacking 2773kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n # apt-get install tla gawk tla Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Suggested packages: tla-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: gawk libneon24 tla 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 1218kB of archives. After unpacking 2773kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 ftp://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main gawk 1:3.1.3-3 [879kB] [...] i think this shouldn't happen, should it? bye jonas -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; 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::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"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "if dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep -q '^Status: .* ok installed'; then /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || ( test $? -ne 10 || exit 10; echo 'Warning: apt-listbugs exited abnormally, hit any key to continue.' 1>&2 ; read a < /dev/tty ); fi"; 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"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- ### UNSTABLE ### deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main # deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main ### TESTING ### # deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main # deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main # deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main # deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.6 Locale: LANG=C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.3.4-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information

