Your message dated Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:54:12 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1119341: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #587351,
regarding [libcupt] implement dpkg database locking
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: cupt
Version: 2.5.2
Severity: minor
Hello.
When you create a snapshot 'cupt' should set the lock to
another program could not remove packages.
In the following example, create a snapshot
failed because the 'aptitude' can remove the package.
Example:
cupt> snapshot save test
dpkg-deb: building package `acpi' in `./acpi_1.6-1_i386.deb'.
[...]
###at another terminal
#LANG=C aptitude remove ytree
The following packages will be REMOVED:
ytree
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 223 kB will be freed.
(Reading database ... 128147 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ytree ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
###
[...]
dpkg-deb: building package `xzgv' in `./xzgv_0.9+svn40-1_i386.deb'.
dpkg-deb: building package `yash' in `./yash_2.30-1_i386.deb'.
dpkg-repack: Fatal Error: Package ytree not fully installed
E: the command 'dpkg-repack --arch=i386 ytree' failed: exit code '1'
E: failed to repack the package 'ytree'
E: unable to construct the system snapshot 'test'
E: error performing the command 'snapshot'
cupt>
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Version: 2.10.4+nmu2+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package cupt has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1119341
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
[email protected].
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Joerg Jaspert (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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