Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-29 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 07:40:25AM +0100, Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 05:09:11PM -0600, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 11:42:59PM +0100, Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 04:35:00PM -0600,

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-29 Thread Marc Haber
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:31:14AM -0600, Daniel Burrows wrote: In that case, it's expected behavior (aside from it getting set to false, of course). Aside from editing the file manually, all that I know of that would do this is deactivating the automatically resolver dependencies of a

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
Could you send me (or rather post somewhere) the contents of /etc/apt, /var/lib/apt, /var/lib/aptitude, and /var/lib/dpkg/status? Thanks, Daniel signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
Oh, if it's not possible to supply the information I requested, would it be possible for you to send the output when you run the same command with the additional options -o aptitude::cmdline::resolver-debug=true and -o aptitude::gc-debug=true? Thanks, Daniel signature.asc Description:

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 12:22:53PM -0600, Daniel Burrows wrote: Could you send me (or rather post somewhere) the contents of /etc/apt, /var/lib/apt, /var/lib/aptitude, and /var/lib/dpkg/status? Sure. It's on http://q.bofh.de/~mh/stuff/340991-help.tar.gz Greetings Marc --

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 02:57:58PM -0600, Daniel Burrows wrote: Oh, if it's not possible to supply the information I requested, would it be possible for you to send the output when you run the same command with the additional options -o aptitude::cmdline::resolver-debug=true and -o

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 04:35:00PM -0600, Daniel Burrows wrote: On a second look at this bug report, I think I may have misunderstood it the first time I skimmed over it. The bug is not that the solution suggested is incorrect, but that the dependencies should be resolved without prompting

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On a second look at this bug report, I think I may have misunderstood it the first time I skimmed over it. The bug is not that the solution suggested is incorrect, but that the dependencies should be resolved without prompting in this case, right? Daniel signature.asc Description: Digital

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
Could you also send me the file ~/.aptitude/config? Thanks, Daniel signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 11:42:59PM +0100, Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 04:35:00PM -0600, Daniel Burrows wrote: On a second look at this bug report, I think I may have misunderstood it the first time I skimmed over it. The bug is not that the

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-28 Thread Marc Haber
On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 05:09:11PM -0600, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 11:42:59PM +0100, Marc Haber [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 04:35:00PM -0600, Daniel Burrows wrote: On a second look at this bug report, I think I may have misunderstood

Bug#340991: aptitude: flags non-broken packages as broken, apt-get installs just fine

2005-11-27 Thread Marc Haber
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.0-3 Severity: important All of a sudden, aptitude has started to complain about packages that are broken. Looks like it is no longer trying hard enough to resolve dependencies. This, for example, happens if one tries to install build-essential, or reportbug. See