Public bug reported: Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04
I have a system with the following packages installed: ii php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 all server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage) ii php5-cgi 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (CGI binary) ii php5-common 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 amd64 Common files for packages built from the php5 source ii php5-gd 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 amd64 GD module for php5 ii php5-json 1.3.2-2build1 amd64 JSON module for php5 ii php5-mysql 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 amd64 MySQL module for php5 If I attempt to update these, libapache2-mod-php5 gets pulled in as a dependency although the installed php5-cgi should be sufficient to satisfy the dependency requirements of php5: The following NEW packages will be installed: libapache2-mod-php5 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) php5-cli (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) php5-readline (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) The following packages will be upgraded: php5 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 => 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) php5-cgi (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 => 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) php5-common (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 => 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) php5-gd (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 => 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) php5-mysql (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 => 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) If I update the php5-* packages first and then attempt to update php5 everything works as expected. ** Affects: php5 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to php5 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1333745 Title: updating php5 metapackage brings in unnecessarily libapache2-mod-php5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1333745/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs