[Bug 1960727] Re: When apt holds back updates, it fails to inform the user of the reason
For over a decade now, at least, users have continually been puzzled by this silent refusal. Again, in most contexts, that indicates a failure of the interface. Viewed 1.1M times https://askubuntu.com/questions/601/the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-why-and-how-do-i-solve-it Viewed 62k times https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/38837/what-does-the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-mean Viewed 87k times https://superuser.com/questions/1107334/apt-says-packages-have-been-kept-back-what-to-do/1108268 etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960727 Title: When apt holds back updates, it fails to inform the user of the reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1960727/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1960727] Re: When apt holds back updates, it fails to inform the user of the reason
Nearly anything would be better than the current state of silent failure. At present, probably many thousands of Ubuntu systems are reporting the following: root@system:/home# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: libnvidia-cfg1-470 libnvidia-compute-470 libnvidia-compute-470:i386 libnvidia-decode-470 libnvidia-decode-470:i386 libnvidia-encode-470 libnvidia-encode-470:i386 libnvidia-extra-470 libnvidia-fbc1-470 libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386 libnvidia-gl-470 libnvidia-gl-470:i386 libnvidia-ifr1-470 libnvidia-ifr1-470:i386 linux-modules-nvidia-470-5.13.0-28-generic linux-modules-nvidia-470-generic-hwe-20.04 linux-objects-nvidia-470-5.13.0-28-generic linux-signatures-nvidia-5.13.0-28-generic nvidia-compute-utils-470 nvidia-driver-470 nvidia-kernel-common-470 nvidia-kernel-source-470 nvidia-utils-470 xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. Providing not even a hint as to which of those packages is uninstallable, or why, would be unacceptable in most development contexts. In this case, with preceding versions of most or all of those packages already installed, it is far from clear to end-users why their system refuses to install official upgrades. Not many software tools respond to user instructions with a simple "No", and that's generally considered bad practice. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960727 Title: When apt holds back updates, it fails to inform the user of the reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1960727/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1960727] [NEW] When apt holds back updates, it fails to inform the user of the reason
Public bug reported: In the case where apt refuses to install and holds back certain packages, only the following output is produced: root@system:/home/admin# apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: [ List of packages ] 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. Missing is any explanation about which package is responsible for apt refusing to perform its job, or even what is the reason for that package being uninstallable. This bug leads users to believe that official Ubuntu packages are routinely misconstructed, corrupt, or otherwise junk. Fix: Instead of apt simply responding "No Dave, I'm Afraid I Can't Do that", correct the output to include the specific package that has a missing or unresolved dependency, so the user a) has confidence that the process works correctly and b) can proceed with fixing the problem. This bug is longstanding, so I don't think version details are required, but they follow anyway: 1) Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS Release:20.04 Codename: focal 2) # apt --version apt 2.0.6 (amd64) ** Affects: aptitude (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1960727 Title: When apt holds back updates, it fails to inform the user of the reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1960727/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1926823] [NEW] Samba 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8 Hangs for 20 to 30 Seconds
Public bug reported: I installed the latest version ( Samba 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8 ) of the samba package to two Kubuntu 20.04.2 LTS servers yesterday. Now all of the samba clients -- Linux and Windows -- intermittently hang for 20 to 30 seconds every few minutes. After that time passes, the samba daemons become responsive again, with no human intervention. Samba has been running on these servers for a few years, with no such previous instances, and nothing else changed yesterday. log.smbd is clean, and reports no errors or other information. ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926823 Title: Samba 2:4.11.6+dfsg-0ubuntu1.8 Hangs for 20 to 30 Seconds To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1926823/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 103439] Re: Photo import stopped working with Canon PowerShot A520
I have a Canon Powershot SD550 that was working beautifully with Edgy Eft. I upgraded to Feisty Fawn yesterday, and now the camera is not recognized at all. I applied the patch above, but that failed. Had I known how many things were going to need to be redone after installing FF, I never would've bothered. -- Photo import stopped working with Canon PowerShot A520 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103439 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
