Public bug reported: Binary package hint: conduit
Hi, Out of curiosity, I did a dpkg -l|grep dummy to see what dummy packages there are on my system. This to facilitate my purging of them all in one fell swoop. python-gnome2-desktop happens to be one such package. While apt-cache show python-gnome2-desktop (see complete output below), reveals that it "is a dummy package that depends from all the modules that used to be together" and that I "can safely remove it from your system", when I actually tried to do so by issuing sudo aptitude --purge remove python-gnome2-desktop, aptitude informs that the package conduit will be broken should I do so (see aptitude output below). I also tried aptitude why-not python-gnome2-desktop to find out as to why it can't be uninstalled, output returned by aptitude reads "Unable to find a reason to remove python-gnome2-desktop". From what I can see from the result of doing an apt-cache show conduit. python- gnome2-desktop is a required dependency of conduit's (see below). But the thing is, if it is so, why the mention that it is "a dummy package that depends from all the modules that used to be together. You can safely remove it from your system."? Is not this misleading? Should not the references to python-gnome2-desktop being a "dummy package" and that " You can safely remove it from your system." be removed altogether? ~> apt-cache show python-gnome2-desktop Package: python-gnome2-desktop Priority: optional Section: python Installed-Size: 60 Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <ubuntu-desk...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Loic Minier <l...@dooz.org> Architecture: all Source: gnome-python-desktop Version: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1 Depends: python-bugbuddy (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-evince (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-evolution (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gnomeapplet (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gnomedesktop (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gnomekeyring (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gnomeprint (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gtksourceview (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-gtop (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-mediaprofiles (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-metacity (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-nautilusburn (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-rsvg (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-totem-plparser (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1), python-wnck (>= 2.28.0-0ubuntu1) Suggests: python-gnome2-desktop-doc, python-gnome2-desktop-dbg Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-python-desktop/python-gnome2-desktop_2.28.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 29490 MD5sum: e6bb6b0b9fd23a477402ef1a2fd74f0a SHA1: 558d2bf94b18fdfcd33e1aba8813ddf2ab37517f SHA256: 96cc1e29c556ecb91c6d94d9c51b5d49df3e51e74d36d40f2123ca5d462e9aa1 Description: Python bindings for the GNOME desktop environment (dummy package) This archive contains modules that allow you to write GNOME programs in Python. . This is a dummy package that depends from all the modules that used to be together. You can safely remove it from your system. Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Origin: Ubuntu Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome ~> sudo aptitude --purge remove python-gnome2-desktop [sudo] password for rajasun: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following packages are BROKEN: conduit The following packages will be REMOVED: python-gnome2-desktop 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 61.4kB will be freed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: conduit: Depends: python-gnome2-desktop (>= 2.22.0-1) but it is not installable The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: conduit Score is 119 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] q Abandoning all efforts to resolve these dependencies. Abort. ~> aptitude why-not python-gnome2-desktop Unable to find a reason to remove python-gnome2-desktop. affects ubuntu/conduit My system information: Linux rajasun-desktop 2.6.31-16-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 8 04:01:29 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 Affected package version: conduit 0.3.16-0ubuntu3.1 ** Affects: conduit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Dummy package python-gnome2-desktop cannot be removed because conduit depends on it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495355 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs