Package: apt Version: 0.7.21 Severity: normal
apt should Suggest: or Recommend: apt-listchanges. It is useful to show the NEWS file before installing packages. For example it would have warned me that I now need to pin i386 packages after the ia32 transition (though IMHO it should have pinned them automatically if that is required not to replace amd64 packages with newer i386 packages). Instead I found out that I need to do this by accidentally browsing debian-devel. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Update ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -x /usr/lib/ia32-libs-tools/mangle ] || cat /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages | /usr/lib/ia32-libs-tools/mangle --index >/dev/null"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Cache-Limit "250165824"; APT::Default-Release "unstable"; 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::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; 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"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; 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/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:::: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: wine Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 990 Package: libnss-mdns Pin: version 0 Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: avahi-daemon Pin: version 0 Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable-i386 Pin-Priority: 400 Package: * Pin: release a=testing-i386 Pin-Priority: 400 Package: * Pin: release a=stable-i386 Pin-Priority: 400 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20080926-09:35]/ lenny main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20080926-09:35]/ lenny main deb ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib #deb-src ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib #deb-src ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib deb ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'transitional-i386'), (500, 'transitional'), (500, 'stable'), (400, 'unstable-i386'), (400, 'stable-i386'), (1, 'experimental-i386'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.9-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.4.0-10 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.0-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.4.11.11-1+b1 terminal-based package manager ii bzip2 1.0.5-3 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.3 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.10.4 Python interface to libapt-pkg ii synaptic 0.62.7 Graphical package manager -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org