Package: hobbit-plugins
Version: 20160122
Severity: important
"dpkg -l" since recently shows some removed packages as "ic" instead of "rc":
→ env COLUMNS=75 dpkg -l | egrep '^ic'
ic texmacs-common 1:1.99.1-3 all WYSIWYG mathematical text editor
ic ttf-atarismall 2.1-4 all Very small 4 x 8 font
But none of these packages is installed: They all got uninstalled in the
past:
→ apt-cache policy texmacs-common ttf-atarismall
texmacs-common:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: (none)
Version table:
1:1.99.1-3 -1
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ttf-atarismall:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.2-1
Version table:
2.2-1 990
990 http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
600 http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
2.1-4 -1
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
But due to showing up as "ic" instead of "rc", they show up in the apt
pllugin as broken or unconfigured packages:
Debian GNU/Linux 9.0 (stretch)
yellow Broken or unconfigured packages (2):
ic texmacs-common (1:1.99.1-3)
ic ttf-atarismall (2.1-4)
yellow Other updates (1): apt-get install ttf-atarismall
ttf-atarismall ((none) 2.2-1)
According to Guillem (dpkg maintainer) that state is valid and means
"wanted to be installed" + "configured" as documented in the man page.
It's yet unclear what triggers that situation, but those packages are
clearly neither broken nor unconfigured. So I see two possible solutions:
* Ignore them.
* List them as (either yellow or green, maybe configurable) not fully
removed.
Any comments on this issue are appreciated.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (980, 'unstable-debug'), (600, 'testing'),
(111, 'buildd-unstable'), (111, 'buildd-experimental'), (110, 'experimental'),
(105, 'experimental-debug')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-rc5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages hobbit-plugins depends on:
ii dpkg 1.18.18
pn xymon-client <none>
Versions of packages hobbit-plugins recommends:
ii binutils 2.27.90.20170114-1
ii dctrl-tools 2.24-2
ii libsort-naturally-perl 1.03-1
ii libyaml-tiny-perl 1.69-1
ii lsb-release 9.20161125
ii lsof 4.89+dfsg-0.1
ii sudo 1.8.19p1-1
Versions of packages hobbit-plugins suggests:
ii bzr 2.7.0+bzr6619-7
pn cciss-vol-status <none>
ii debsums 2.1.3
ii fping 3.16~rc1-1
ii git 1:2.11.0-2
ii hddtemp 0.3-beta15-52
pn ipmitool <none>
ii libdbd-pg-perl 3.5.3-1+b2
ii libfile-slurp-perl 9999.19-6
ii libfile-which-perl 1.21-1
ii libipc-run-perl 0.94-1
ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.416-1+b1
ii libnet-dns-perl 1.07-1
ii libnet-tftp-perl 0.19-1
ii libpoe-component-irc-perl 6.88+dfsg-1
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2
ii libxml-twig-perl 1:3.50-1
ii mercurial 4.0-1
ii ntp 1:4.2.8p9+dfsg-2
pn nvidia-smi <none>
pn smartctl <none>
ii subversion 1.9.5-1
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/sudoers.d/xymon [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/sudoers.d/xymon'
-- no debconf information
