Bug#741728: /usr/bin/apt-get: apt-get fails to upgrade package without error message
Package: apt
Version: 0.9.16.1
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
The obnam package is upgradeable but "apt-get install obnam" fails to upgrade
it without printing any reason why. Before I force upgrade by
uninstalling+installing obnam, is there a way to get more useful debug output?
I have tried -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes and -o Debug::pkgOrderList=yes
but those did not seem to be useful.
# apt-cache policy obnam
obnam:
Installed: 1.6.1-1
Candidate: 1.7-1
Version table:
1.7-1 0
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ sid/main i386 Packages
*** 1.6.1-1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.5-1 0
500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie/main i386 Packages
1.1-1.1 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main i386 Packages
# apt-get install obnam
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
obnam
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
# dpkg -l obnam
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===================-==============-==============-============================================
ii obnam 1.6.1-1 i386 online and disk-based backup application
I don't currently want to do apt-get upgrade/dist-upgrade because I don't want
to upgrade grub because of some bugs. In aptitude, where I have forbidden some
package versions, 'aptitude dist-upgrade' has a similar effect as the 'apt-get
install obnam' (note that it shows obnam as NEW package to be installed but
then does nothing):
# aptitude dist-upgrade
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gettext-base:amd64{ab} grub-common:amd64{ab} grub-pc-bin:amd64{ab} libasprintf0c2:amd64{a}
libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64{a} libfreetype6:amd64{a} libfuse2:amd64{a} libpng12-0:amd64{a}
libstdc++6:amd64{a} libudev1:amd64{a} obnam os-prober:amd64{a} seahorse-daemon{ab}
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub-pc grub2-common libcryptui0a{b}
3 packages upgraded, 12 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,709 kB/6,412 kB of archives. After unpacking 28.5 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
seahorse-daemon : Breaks: seahorse (< 3.2) but 3.0.2-1 is installed and it is kept back.
libcryptui0a : Breaks: seahorse (< 3.2) but 3.0.2-1 is installed and it is kept back.
Breaks: seahorse-plugins (< 3.2) but 2.30.1-4 is installed.
grub-common:amd64 : Conflicts: grub-common but 2.00-22 is installed and it is kept back.
grub-common : Conflicts: grub-common:amd64 but 2.02~beta2-7 is to be installed.
grub-pc-bin:amd64 : Conflicts: grub-pc-bin but 2.00-22 is installed and it is kept back.
grub-pc-bin : Conflicts: grub-pc-bin:amd64 but 2.02~beta2-7 is to be installed.
gettext-base:amd64 : Conflicts: gettext-base but 0.18.3.2-1 is installed.
gettext-base : Conflicts: gettext-base:amd64 but 0.18.3.2-1 is to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) gettext-base:amd64 [Not Installed]
2) grub-common:amd64 [Not Installed]
3) grub-pc [2.00-22 (now, testing)]
4) grub-pc-bin:amd64 [Not Installed]
5) grub2-common [2.00-22 (now, testing)]
6) libcryptui0a [3.0.2-1 (now)]
7) seahorse-daemon [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
The following NEW packages will be installed:
obnam
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
nothing to commit, working directory clean
git-snapshot-script: nothing to be done
nothing to commit, working directory clean
git-snapshot-script: nothing to be done
Current status: 7 updates [+1].
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3.12-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3.12-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3.12-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3.12-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3.12-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3.13-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3.13-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3.13-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3.13-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3.13-1-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::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "test -x /usr/bin/apt-show-versions || exit 0 ; apt-show-versions -i";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "i386";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "1";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "2";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-9n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "3";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "4";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "5";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::::Name "";
APT::Compressor::::Extension ".";
APT::Compressor::::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::::Cost "100";
APT::Compressor::::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::::UncompressArg:: "-d";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://localhost:8123/";;
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
Aptitude "";
Aptitude::ProblemResolver "";
Aptitude::ProblemResolver::PreserveManualScore "1000";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "3";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::InfoFD "20";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "/usr/local/bin/fadvise /var/lib/dpkg/info/*list ; cd /etc ; ./apt/git-snapshot-script pre";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "cd /etc ; ./apt/git-snapshot-script post";
AptListbugs "";
AptListbugs::Severities "critical,grave,serious";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
#Package: /^mencoder/ /^mplayer/
#Pin: origin "www.debian-multimedia.org"
#Pin-Priority: 995
#Package: *
#Pin: origin "www.debian-multimedia.org"
#Pin-Priority: 400
Package: /^adobe-flashplugin/
Pin: origin "archive.canonical.com"
Pin-Priority: 995
Package: *
Pin: origin "archive.canonical.com"
Pin-Priority: 1
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb http://http.debian.net/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian sid main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://security.eu.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ quantal partner
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: amd64
Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.16-1.1
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.16.1
ii libc6 2.18-4
ii libgcc1 1:4.8.2-16
ii libstdc++6 4.8.2-16
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.10-1
ii dpkg-dev 1.17.6
ii python-apt 0.9.3.3
-- no debconf information
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