Bug#1061185: apt-verify: unsupportable
Right, this is because 'apt' added a 'Conflicts: apt-verify' so effectively 'apt-verify' and 'apt' cannot be co-installed unless you override apt's default behaviour for Conflicts: handling. /Simon Petter Reinholdtsen writes: > Just for the record, this is what happen when trying to install > apt-verfiy now: > > Solving dependencies... Error! > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > Unsatisfied dependencies: > apt : Conflicts: apt-verify but 2.0-1 is to be installed > Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions: >1. apt-verify:amd64=2.0-1 is selected for install >2. apt-verify:amd64=2.0-1 is not selected for install because: > 1. apt:amd64 is selected for install > 2. apt:amd64 Conflicts apt-verify signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1061185: apt-verify: unsupportable
Just for the record, this is what happen when trying to install apt-verfiy now: Solving dependencies... Error! Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: Unsatisfied dependencies: apt : Conflicts: apt-verify but 2.0-1 is to be installed Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions: 1. apt-verify:amd64=2.0-1 is selected for install 2. apt-verify:amd64=2.0-1 is not selected for install because: 1. apt:amd64 is selected for install 2. apt:amd64 Conflicts apt-verify -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen
Bug#1061185: apt-verify: unsupportable
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM Simon Josefsson wrote: > I don't understand this -- why is it a RC bug if the apt maintainers > declare a Conflicts with a package? Where in the debian policies do you > find support for that view? apt is Priority: required. It is impossible to install apt-verify on a standard Debian install. An uninstallable package cannot possibly be part of Debian. Perhaps the piuparts section at https://release.debian.org/testing/rc_policy.txt applies if you need a reference. Sorry, I am unable to help with the dispute with the apt maintainers. Thank you, Jeremy Bícha
Bug#1061185: apt-verify: unsupportable
Jeremy Bícha writes: > Control: severity -1 serious > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM Simon Josefsson wrote: >> >> severity 1061185 important >> thanks >> >> I'm downgrading this due to lack of explanation what is the 'serious' >> severity level problem. >> >> /Simon >> >> Simon Josefsson writes: >> >> > Hi! You re-opened this ITP bug and changed the title to 'apt-verify: >> > unsupportable' and made it a RC bug. It is not clear to me what makes >> > you believe this is a serious bug in this package, since you gave no >> > justification. Can you clarify what your actionable concerns are? > > I apologize for not replying sooner. > > apt-verify has a defacto RC bug or equivalent because apt has > Conflicts: apt-verify. > > Notice how it is unable to migrate to Testing because of the piuparts > regression: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/apt-verify > > I am bumping the severity back to serious just so that someone who > visits that tracker page (or the similar excuses pages) has a handy > link to more explanation why this package is unable to migrate to > Testing. There is history in previous comments to this bug. I am not > personally involved in apt maintenance or deciding whether there > should or shouldn't be a Conflicts here. I don't understand this -- why is it a RC bug if the apt maintainers declare a Conflicts with a package? Where in the debian policies do you find support for that view? It would be nice to resolve the Conflicts in apt too, as an orthogonal but related issue, but I've been equally unable to understand what actionable change is requested in 'apt-verify'. Could we try to have a discussion about this? /Simon signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1061185: apt-verify: unsupportable
severity 1061185 important thanks I'm downgrading this due to lack of explanation what is the 'serious' severity level problem. /Simon Simon Josefsson writes: > Hi! You re-opened this ITP bug and changed the title to 'apt-verify: > unsupportable' and made it a RC bug. It is not clear to me what makes > you believe this is a serious bug in this package, since you gave no > justification. Can you clarify what your actionable concerns are? > > /Simon > signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1061185: apt-verify: unsupportable
Hi! You re-opened this ITP bug and changed the title to 'apt-verify: unsupportable' and made it a RC bug. It is not clear to me what makes you believe this is a serious bug in this package, since you gave no justification. Can you clarify what your actionable concerns are? /Simon signature.asc Description: PGP signature
