Package: aptitude Version: 0.2.15.9-6 Severity: normal aptitude ignores my install request without giving a reason (which would be that it needs to uninstall argouml)
# aptitude install libi18n-java Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done The following packages have been kept back: libi18n-java libnspr4 libnss3 mozilla mozilla-browser mozilla-dom-inspector mozilla-mailnews mozilla-psm 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done # apt-get install libi18n-java Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: argouml The following packages will be upgraded: libi18n-java 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Need to get 110kB of archives. After unpacking 2634kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? # Aptitude should behave like apt-get does in this situation. libi18n-java: Installed: 0.1.2.0.1-1 Candidate: 0.1.3a-1 Version table: 0.1.3a-1 0 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 0.1.2.0.1-1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status argouml: Installed: 0.14-7 Candidate: 0.14-7 Version table: *** 0.14-7 0 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status (which has a dependency on libi18n-java (<< 0.1.3) ) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-rc4 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages aptitude depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3.1 0.6.41 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-2 GCC support library ii libncurses5 5.4-9 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsigc++-1.2-5c2 1.2.5-5 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 Versions of packages aptitude recommends: pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-do <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]