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Hi Vincent,
Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > Linux Standard Base init script functionality
> > > lsb-base (remove, 11.2) will be automatically removed because of
> > > dependency ▒
> > > errors:
> > > ▒
> >
> > Where did this show up? I didn't get this. Or at least can't remember
> > it. Was this a pop-up message?
>
> After typing 'g' (to "perform all pending installations, removals,
> and upgrades") and putting the cursor over the
>
> id lsb-base -50.2 kB 11.2 11.2
>
> line (in order to learn why this package is removed). This is what
> the bottom part of the window shows.
Ah, I didn't see that because I have the description window hidden by
default. Thanks for the explanation.
> > > but no errors shown!!!
> >
> > Because they were resolved.
>
> OK, so the real reason should be given.
Ack.
> > > It seems to be triggered by the upgrade of sysvinit packages from
> > > 3.04-1 to 3.05-2. In the sysvinit 3.05-1 log message:
> > >
> > > * Take over library scripts from lsb-base.
> >
> > Yes, but because of this:
> >
> > Conflicts: lsb-base
>
> Normally conflicts produce an error on packages that must not be
> removed. Here, I suppose that this is OK because of
>
> Provides: lsb-base (= 11.1.0)
>
> (by default, this is not shown by aptitude in the package description).
Hmmm, yeah, that probably should be fixed, too.
> > So from my point of view aptitude did everything correctly and I don't
> > see a bug here.
>
> Well, the "because of dependency errors" in the above message is
> incorrect and very confusing. Since there are no dependency errors,
> this cannot be because of dependency errors.
Indeed. Thanks for the additional information!
Regards, Axel
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