Bug#303512: apt-get --fix-broken reports success on failure

[Filipus Klutiero <cheal@hotpop.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.28.1
Severity: normal

Here's output I get when trying to fix a broken dependency :

leo:~# apt-get check
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  nvidia-glx: Depends: nvidia-kernel-1.0.7167
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
leo:~# apt-get -f check
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
leo:~# apt-get check
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    nvidia-glx: Depends: nvidia-kernel-1.0.7167
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

As you can see, apt-get check diagnoses the same problem after
--fix-broken ran and reported "Correcting dependencies... Done".

Note that for this case, apt-get install nvidia-glx fixes the problem.

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Default-Release "testing";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
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::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "if dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep -q '^Status: .* ok installed'; then /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || ( test $? -ne 10 || exit 10; echo 'Warning: apt-listbugs exited abnormally, hit enter key to continue.' 1>&2 ; read a < /dev/tty ); fi";
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/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

# deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main 

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-2 (20041217)]/ unstable contrib main 
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20041217)]/ unstable contrib main 


# deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib 

deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ testing main non-free contrib 
# deb-src ftp://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ testing main 

#deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib 

deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ sid main non-free contrib 

#deb http://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main 


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7
Locale: LANG=fr_CA, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.4.3-6    GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.5-8    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

-- no debconf information