Package: apt Version: 0.7.23.1 Severity: normal I discovered this while tracking down a problem reported by piuparts (see #539142). There, apt refuses to remove install-info because it is seen to be a dependency of the required package util-linux, while aptitude is OK with removing it, because it is only an optional dependency and a new enough dpkg is installed. The version of util-linux have this depends line:
Depends: [...], dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info In the chroot, version 1.15.4 of dpkg is installed. Here is a test run. Note how apt-get refuses to remove install-info, while aptitude happily remove it. # debootstrap sid chroot-directory http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian ; chroot chroot-directory apt-get remove -y install-info; chroot chroot-directory aptitude remove -y install-info I: Retrieving Release I: Retrieving Packages I: Validating Packages [...] I: Configuring apt-utils... I: Configuring aptitude... I: Configuring tasksel-data... I: Configuring tasksel... I: Base system installed successfully. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: info install-info WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! install-info (due to util-linux) 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 659kB disk space will be freed. E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages are BROKEN: info The following packages will be REMOVED: install-info 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 258kB will be freed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: info: Depends: install-info but it is not installable The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: info Score is 115 Writing extended state information... Done Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?) (Reading database ... 10023 files and directories currently installed.) Removing info ... Removing install-info ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Reading task descriptions... Done # Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
