Package: apt Version: 1.4.7 Severity: important Tags: upstream Dear Maintainer, I enabled the sources for 'testing' alongside sources for stable. I used apt- pinning to prefer ONLY packages from stable. I upgraded my system but carelessly, I upgraded to testing, as my I miss-spelled the 'preferences' file for apt-pinning. I corrected my pinning and tried to sync with stable by making use of apt-pinning to downgrade my packages. First, I updated my apt packages list (apt update), then I ran an apt upgrade. When I tried to run apt dist- upgrade, I received the following message:
---------- Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done Hmm, 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: libidn2-0:i386 : Depends: libunistring0:i386 but it is not going to be installed E: Internal Error, AutoRemover broke stuff ---------- This is what my sources.list looks like: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stable-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian stable-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb http://deb.debian.org/debian testing-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian testing-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "true"; 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$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.11\.0-1-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.9\.0-3-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^postgresql-"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages ""; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections ""; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "contrib/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Periodic ""; APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1"; 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::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "amd64"; APT::Architectures:: "i386"; APT::Compressor ""; APT::Compressor::. 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