Your message dated Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:17:04 +0000
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and subject line Bug#201842: fixed in aptitude 0.4.11.8-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #201842,
regarding running "aptitude update" wipes away package lists if network is
unavailable
to be marked as done.
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201842: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=201842
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Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.4-4
Severity: normal
I'm not sure this bug really belongs to aptitude.
when "aptitude update" is run while the network is unavailable (either
because ppp is off, or because a slow link is congested), it fails the
check of remote repositories, and as result the cached lists under
/var/lib/apt/lists are wiped away.
e.g., the apparently innocuous message
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main Packages
(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages)
- stat (2 No such file or directory)
means that
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages
(4+ MB compressed) has gone.
if one ran aptitude update only to check for updates (usually around a
few hundred of KB compressed) the result is a significant waste of time
and bandwidth.
I believe that "apt-get update" and "aptitude update" should not
remove/truncate the target files until they have successfully downloaded
their replacements.
in attachment, the output of "apt-config dump".
best regards,
giuseppe
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6. 0.6.46.4-0.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-21 GCC support library
ii libncursesw5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.0.17-2 type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-21 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
ii aptitude-doc-en [aptitude-doc 0.4.4-4 English manual for aptitude, a ter
pn libparse-debianchangelog-perl <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::List-Cleanup "false";
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::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
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:: "/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";
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: aptitude
Source-Version: 0.4.11.8-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
aptitude, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
aptitude-dbg_0.4.11.8-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude-dbg_0.4.11.8-1_i386.deb
aptitude-doc-cs_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude-doc-cs_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
aptitude-doc-en_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude-doc-en_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
aptitude-doc-fi_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude-doc-fi_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
aptitude-doc-fr_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude-doc-fr_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
aptitude-doc-ja_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude-doc-ja_0.4.11.8-1_all.deb
aptitude_0.4.11.8-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude_0.4.11.8-1.diff.gz
aptitude_0.4.11.8-1.dsc
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude_0.4.11.8-1.dsc
aptitude_0.4.11.8-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude_0.4.11.8-1_i386.deb
aptitude_0.4.11.8.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/a/aptitude/aptitude_0.4.11.8.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated aptitude package)
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Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:34:16 -0700
Source: aptitude
Binary: aptitude aptitude-dbg aptitude-doc-cs aptitude-doc-en aptitude-doc-fi
aptitude-doc-fr aptitude-doc-ja
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 0.4.11.8-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
aptitude - terminal-based package manager
aptitude-dbg - Debug symbols for the aptitude package manager
aptitude-doc-cs - Czech manual for aptitude, a terminal-based package manager
aptitude-doc-en - English manual for aptitude, a terminal-based package manager
aptitude-doc-fi - Finnish manual for aptitude, a terminal-based package manager
aptitude-doc-fr - French manual for aptitude, a terminal-based package manager
aptitude-doc-ja - Japanese manual for aptitude, a terminal-based package
manager
Closes: 201842 479620
Changes:
aptitude (0.4.11.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* New upstream release.
.
- Fix an annoying and long-standing bug that caused aptitude
to sometimes delete package lists if downloading new copies
failed. (Closes: #201842, #479620)
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