Bug#68585: apt-get wants to remove a package while installing none.
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: normal
So, even if I'm installing nothing, it tells me that mailagent must be
removed while heimdal-lib is kept back.
It looks like a revolver bug from the output below.
Darren
{-}[1]~ trisul# apt-get -d -o 'Debug::pkgProblemResolver=true' dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
Starting
Starting 2
Package libsasl7 has broken dep on heimdal-lib
Considering heimdal-lib 6 as a solution to libsasl7 2
Removing libsasl7 rather than change heimdal-lib
Package sendmail has broken dep on libsasl7
Considering libsasl7 2 as a solution to sendmail 0
Removing sendmail rather than change libsasl7
Package mailagent has broken dep on sendmail
Considering sendmail 0 as a solution to mailagent 0
Package mailagent has broken dep on smail
Considering smail 2 as a solution to mailagent 0
Package mailagent has broken dep on mail-transport-agent
Considering sendmail 0 as a solution to mailagent 0
Package libsasl-dev has broken dep on libsasl7
Considering libsasl7 2 as a solution to libsasl-dev 10000
Fixing libsasl-dev via keep of libsasl7
Package mailx has broken dep on smail
Considering smail 2 as a solution to mailx 7
Package mailx has broken dep on mail-transport-agent
Considering sendmail 0 as a solution to mailx 7
Fixing mailx via keep of sendmail
Package libsasl7 has broken dep on heimdal-lib
Considering heimdal-lib 6 as a solution to libsasl7 2
Removing libsasl7 rather than change heimdal-lib
Package sendmail has broken dep on libsasl7
Considering libsasl7 2 as a solution to sendmail 0
Removing sendmail rather than change libsasl7
Package libsasl-dev has broken dep on libsasl7
Considering libsasl7 2 as a solution to libsasl-dev 10000
Fixing libsasl-dev via keep of libsasl7
Package mailx has broken dep on smail
Considering smail 2 as a solution to mailx 7
Package mailx has broken dep on mail-transport-agent
Considering sendmail 0 as a solution to mailx 7
Fixing mailx via keep of sendmail
Package libsasl7 has broken dep on heimdal-lib
Considering heimdal-lib 6 as a solution to libsasl7 10000
Fixing libsasl7 via keep of heimdal-lib
Try to Re-Instate heimdal-lib
Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
mailagent
The following packages have been kept back
heimdal-lib
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 1516kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux trisul 2.2.17pre9 #1 Thu Jun 29 03:20:17 PDT 2000 i586
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.3-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-14 The GNU stdc++ library
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