Bug#1061478: apt: Internal Error, AutoRemover broke stuff, unmet dependencies: linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64
Hi,
TL;DR
One can currently reproduce this behavior on unstable by doing:
```
apt-get install linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64
dpkg -r --force-depends linux-image-6.6.9-amd64-unsigned
apt-get full-upgrade
```
You can fix it by either running:
```
apt-get remove linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64
# or
apt-mark auto linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64
# or but it doesn't make sense
apt --fix-broken install
```
I came across this scenario myself as well and on Reddit. This is my
take on it.
Around the 11th, linux-image-6.6.9-amd64 was installed. And around the
18th, linux-image-6.6.11-amd64. During the .9 install I saw similar
things, I chose to keep everything as is. This caused me to keep running
on the 6.6.8 kernel at the time.
I think something went wrong with the linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64 and/or
linux-image-6.6.9-amd64 package. For instance, I didn't have the
linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64 installed while I had
linux-headers-6.6.8-amd64 and linux-headers-6.6.11-amd64 installed. The
package linux-image-6.6.9-amd64 isn't available in the repositories
(anymore):
```
$ apt-cache policy linux-image-6.6.9-amd64
linux-image-6.6.9-amd64:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:
6.6.9-1 -1
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
```
The dependency tree is sorta broken of 6.6.9. The headers have these
dependencies:
```
$ apt-cache depends linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64
linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64
Depends: linux-headers-6.6.9-common
|Depends: linux-image-6.6.9-amd64
Depends: linux-image-6.6.9-amd64-unsigned
Depends: linux-kbuild-6.6.9
Depends: gcc-13
```
Your linux-image-amd64 package depends on:
```
$ apt-cache depends linux-image-amd64
linux-image-amd64
Depends: linux-image-6.6.13-amd64
```
So now one of your packages is broken. I think it is warrants a look
into your /var/log/apt/history.log to try to figure out what happened to
your linux-{image,headers}-* packages around the 11th, 18th and later on.
Cheers,
Wesley
--
Wesley Schwengle
E: wes...@schwengle.net
Bug#1061478: apt: Internal Error, AutoRemover broke stuff, unmet dependencies: linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64
Package: apt Version: 2.7.10 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: gre...@gmx.de Make update everey day (as sudo): apt update apt full-upgrade mm, seems like the AutoRemover destroyed something which really shouldn't happen. Please file a bug report against apt. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: linux-headers-6.6.9-amd64 : Depends: linux-image-6.6.9-amd64 (= 6.6.9-1+b1) but it is not installable or linux-image-6.6.9-amd64-unsigned (= 6.6.9-1+b1) but it is not going to be installed E: Internal Error, AutoRemover broke stuff -- 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::Sandbox ""; APT::Sandbox::User "_apt"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*-[a-z0-9]*$"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages ""; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "tasks"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections ""; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Update ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null"; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/swcatalog -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then appstreamcli refresh --source=os > /dev/null || true; fi"; APT::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "amd64"; APT::Compressor ""; APT::Compressor::. ""; APT::Compressor::.::Name "."; APT::Compressor::.::Extension ""; APT::Compressor::.::Binary ""; APT::Compressor::.::Cost "0"; APT::Compressor::zstd ""; APT::Compressor::zstd::Name "zstd"; APT::Compressor::zstd::Extension ".zst"; APT::Compressor::zstd::Binary "zstd"; APT::Compressor::zstd::Cost "60"; APT::Compressor::zstd::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::zstd::CompressArg:: "-19"; APT::Compressor::zstd::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::zstd::UncompressArg:: "-d"; APT::Compressor::lz4 ""; APT::Compressor::lz4::Name "lz4"; APT::Compressor::lz4::Extension ".lz4"; APT::Compressor::lz4::Binary "false"; APT::Compressor::lz4::Cost "50"; APT::Compressor::gzip ""; APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip"; APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz"; APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip"; APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "100"; APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-6n"; APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d"; APT::Compressor::xz ""; APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz"; APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz"; APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz"; APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "200"; APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6"; APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d"; APT::Compressor::bzip2 ""; APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "300"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-6"; APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d"; APT::Compressor::lzma ""; APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma"; APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma"; APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz"; APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "400"; APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma"; APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-6"; APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg ""; APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma"; APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states"; 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::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrcparts "auth.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::parts
