* Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org> [04-09-2013 00:21 EEST]: > Hi Edward, > > thanks for the bug report. > > Edward J. Shornock wrote: > > Package: aptitude > > Version: 0.6.9.1-1 > > This was an experimental branch of aptitude which is unsupported and > discontinued. It has been removed from Debian experimental months ago.
Sorry about that, I didn't notice. > > Can you verify that the issue also exists with the aptitude 0.6.8.2-1 > from Stable/Testing or 0.6.8.2-1.2 from Unstable? Yes, the problem can be seen with 0.6.8.2-1.2 as well. ------- eshornock@darkside:~$ apt-cache policy aptitude aptitude: Installed: 0.6.8.2-1.2 Candidate: 0.6.8.2-1.2 Version table: *** 0.6.8.2-1.2 0 500 http://localhost:9999/debian/ sid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 0.6.8.2-1 0 500 http://localhost:9999/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages 500 http://localhost:9999/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages eshornock@darkside:~$ sudo aptitude purge ~c The following packages will be REMOVED: libmng1:i386{p} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y dpkg: error: --purge needs a valid package name but 'libmng1' is not: ambiguous package name 'libmng1' with more than one installed instance ------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org