Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: aptitude
When I tell aptitude to install a certain version of a package - and
this version is not available - it outputs an error (Unable to find a
version "..." for the package...) - but still returns 0(=OK).
This is a problem when automating installs using aptitude (we use puppet
to do it) - as it thinks all is well, when it isn't :(
To reproduce - do this on a hardy install.
# aptitude install subversion=1.5.1dfsg1-1ubuntu2~hardy2; echo "ret:$?"
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
Unable to find a version "1.5.1dfsg1-1ubuntu2~hardy2" for the package
"subversion"
Unable to find a version "1.5.1dfsg1-1ubuntu2~hardy2" for the package
"subversion"
The following packages have been automatically kept back:
libpq5 linux-libc-dev sun-java6-bin
The following packages have been kept back:
bind9-host dnsutils libbind9-30 libdns35 libisc35 libisccfg30 libkrb53
liblwres30 linux-image-server linux-server nfs-common sudo sun-java6-jre tzdata
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 17 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Building tag database... Done
ret:0
** Affects: aptitude (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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aptitude returns 0(=OK) even if install fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585408
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