Quoting Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo (2017-04-18 22:52:34) > Hi Jonas, > > 2017-04-18 21:54 Jonas Smedegaard: > >Quoting Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo (2017-04-18 21:01:41) > >> So I am not sure what's going on, but I don't think that reinstalling is > >> missing from the logic related with 'G'. > >> > >> Perhaps it's related with the package half-broken state in dpkg that > >> this could not proceed, or some temporary inconsistency between > >> aptitude<->apt or apt<->dpkg; but indeed it does not seem to be a > >> problem in the common case. > > > >Yes, Most certainly relates to the package being half-broken in dpkg. > >Listing events, rephrased from my initial post to this bugreport: > > > > 1) A package went into a semi-broken state needing reinstall > > 2) Aptitude proxied dpkg error about 1) > > 3) Attempt to use the aptitude way to reinstall fails > > > >The bug tracked in this bugreport is 3), triggered by 1). > > > > > >Yes, 1) is rare and 1) occuring while using aptitude even more rare. Not > >sure why you mention that, however. That does not make the bug go away. > > My comment was not directly addressed to you as submitter, sorry for not > making that clear. > > It was just to set on record for my future-self or other people > investigating this bug report later (possibly months or years down the > line) that the code paths related to reinstalling were tested a lot > during my investigation of the other bug report, both UI and command > line, and under different conditions (package available in repository, > package obsolete, package obsolete but files downloaded locally; and > same with scheduled actions and slightly different conditions --forced > internal variables and code paths due to debugging the problem--), > without ever getting the same behaviour as described here. > > Since I tend to rely on my last comments on the issue when revisiting > bugs, I just wanted to give an update on the current situation, before I > forget my recent investigation on the other bug report.
Sorry - I shall try remember that the bugreport is yours, not mine :-) No promise, but I will try not respond any further to this bugreport unless directly requested. Kind regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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