On some machine, when upgrading packages from the TUI, two packages were
automatically selected for removal (libcompress-raw-lzma-perl:amd64,
libio-compress-lzma-perl:amd64). I thought that this was because they
were no longer used, as usual (since I hadn't got any warning), and I
proceeded.
But then I wondered why some Perl module was no longer available.
So I looked at libio-compress-perl, which got upgraded, and I saw:
Depends: perl:any, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl (>= 2.100), libcompress-raw-zlib-perl (>= 2.100)
Recommends: libio-compress-lzma-perl (>= 2.100)
So it still recommends libio-compress-lzma-perl, and this recommendation
has silently been broken!
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Now, on this machine, where I haven't upgraded yet, I can reproduce
the bug:
cventin:~> aptitude install -s libio-compress-perl
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libcompress-raw-lzma-perl{u} libio-compress-lzma-perl{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl libcompress-raw-zlib-perl libio-compress-perl
3 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 241 not upgraded.
Need to get 321 kB of archives. After unpacking 373 kB will be freed.
and ditto from the TUI when I type '+' over libio-compress-perl,
then 'g' (no warnings).
cventin:~> apt-show-versions -a libio-compress-perl
libio-compress-perl:all 2.096-1 install ok installed
libio-compress-perl:all 2.084-1 stable ftp.fr.debian.org
No stable-updates version
libio-compress-perl:all 2.096-1 testing ftp.fr.debian.org
libio-compress-perl:all 2.100-1 unstable ftp.fr.debian.org
No experimental version
libio-compress-perl:all/testing 2.096-1 upgradeable to 2.100-1
cventin:~> apt-show-versions -a libio-compress-lzma-perl
libio-compress-lzma-perl:all 2.096-1 install ok installed
libio-compress-lzma-perl:all 2.084-1 stable ftp.fr.debian.org
No stable-updates version
libio-compress-lzma-perl:all 2.096-1 testing ftp.fr.debian.org
libio-compress-lzma-perl:all 2.096-1 unstable ftp.fr.debian.org
No experimental version
libio-compress-lzma-perl:all/testing 2.096-1 uptodate
and the dependencies:
Package: libio-compress-perl
Version: 2.096-1
Installed-Size: 873
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl (>= 2.096), libcompress-raw-zlib-perl (>= 2.096)
Recommends: libio-compress-lzma-perl (>= 2.096)
Package: libio-compress-perl
Version: 2.100-1
Installed-Size: 874
Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl (>= 2.100), libcompress-raw-zlib-perl (>= 2.100)
Recommends: libio-compress-lzma-perl (>= 2.100)
cventin:~> aptitude why libio-compress-lzma-perl
i libnet-async-http-perl Recommends libcompress-bzip2-perl
i A libcompress-bzip2-perl Recommends libio-compress-perl (>= 2.094)
i A libio-compress-perl Recommends libio-compress-lzma-perl (>= 2.096)
Note that libio-compress-lzma-perl 2.100 is not available yet,
which may be the cause of the bug.
I have the following settings:
Aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format "%c%a%M %p %Z %24v %24V";
Aptitude::UI::Styles {
// Add bold to avoid a readability issue.
SolutionActionApproved { fg white; bg green; set bold; };
};
Aptitude::ProblemResolver::SolutionCost "safety, removals";