Package: approx Version: 4.2-1 Severity: normal Hi,
approx-gc sometimes removes good packages. That is, those listed in some Packages file and having correct checksum and size. For example, the following few commands demonstrate its desire to remove perl-modules. ait:~# approx-gc -s multimedia/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.diff/Index debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb debian/dists/experimental/main/binary-i386/Packages.diff/ debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.diff/ debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.diff/ debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.diff/ debian/dists/unstable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.diff/ debian/dists/unstable/contrib/source/Sources.diff/ debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Packages.diff/ debian/dists/unstable/main/source/Sources.diff/ debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.diff/ debian/dists/unstable/non-free/source/Sources.diff/ ait:~# apt-cache policy perl-modules perl-modules: Installed: 5.10.1-13 Candidate: 5.10.1-13 Version table: 5.12.1-1 0 1 http://ftp.fi.debian.org experimental/main Packages *** 5.10.1-13 0 500 http://ftp.fi.debian.org unstable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 5.10.1-12 0 500 http://ftp.fi.debian.org testing/main Packages 5.10.0-19lenny2 0 500 http://ftp.fi.debian.org stable/main Packages ait:~# apt-cache show perl-modules ... Package: perl-modules Priority: standard Section: perl Installed-Size: 15856 Maintainer: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> Architecture: all Source: perl Version: 5.10.1-13 Replaces: libansicolor-perl, libarchive-tar-perl, libattribute-handlers-perl, libautodie-perl, libcgi-pm-perl, libclass-isa-perl, libcpanplus-perl, libextutils-cbuilder-perl, libextutils-parsexs-perl, libfile-spec-perl, libfile-temp-perl, libi18n-langtags-perl, libio-zlib-perl, liblocale-codes-perl, liblocale-maketext-perl, liblocale-maketext-simple-perl, libmath-bigint-perl, libmodule-build-perl, libmodule-corelist-perl, libmodule-load-conditional-perl, libmodule-load-perl, libmodule-pluggable-perl, libnet-perl, libnet-ping-perl, libparams-check-perl, libparent-perl, libparse-cpan-meta-perl, libpod-escapes-perl, libpod-parser-perl, libpod-plainer-perl, libpod-simple-perl, libswitch-perl, libtest-harness-perl, libtest-simple-perl, libthread-queue-perl, libtime-local-perl, libversion-perl, podlators-perl Provides: libansicolor-perl, libarchive-tar-perl, libattribute-handlers-perl, libautodie-perl, libcgi-pm-perl, libclass-isa-perl, libcpanplus-perl, libextutils-cbuilder-perl, libextutils-parsexs-perl, libfile-spec-perl, libfile-temp-perl, libi18n-langtags-perl, libio-zlib-perl, liblocale-codes-perl, liblocale-maketext-perl, liblocale-maketext-simple-perl, libmath-bigint-perl, libmodule-build-perl, libmodule-corelist-perl, libmodule-load-conditional-perl, libmodule-load-perl, libmodule-pluggable-perl, libnet-perl, libnet-ping-perl, libparams-check-perl, libparent-perl, libparse-cpan-meta-perl, libpod-escapes-perl, libpod-parser-perl, libpod-plainer-perl, libpod-simple-perl, libswitch-perl, libtest-harness-perl, libtest-simple-perl, libthread-queue-perl, libtime-local-perl, libversion-perl, podlators-perl Depends: perl (>= 5.10.1-1) Conflicts: libansicolor-perl (<< 1.10-1), libarchive-tar-perl (<< 1.52), libattribute-handlers-perl (<< 0.85), libautodie-perl (<< 2.06.01), libcgi-pm-perl (<< 3.43), libclass-isa-perl (<< 0.33), libcpanplus-perl (<< 0.88), libextutils-cbuilder-perl (<< 0.2602), libextutils-parsexs-perl (<< 2.2002), libfile-spec-perl (<< 3.30), libfile-temp-perl (<< 0.22), libi18n-langtags-perl (<< 0.35-1), libio-zlib-perl (<< 1.09), liblocale-codes-perl (<< 2.07), liblocale-maketext-perl (<< 1.13), liblocale-maketext-simple-perl (<< 0.18-1), libmath-bigint-perl (<< 1.89), libmodule-build-perl (<< 0.340201), libmodule-corelist-perl (<< 2.18), libmodule-load-conditional-perl (<< 0.30), libmodule-load-perl (<< 0.16), libmodule-pluggable-perl (<< 3.9), libnet-perl (<= 1:1.22), libnet-ping-perl (<< 2.36), libparams-check-perl (<< 0.26-1), libparent-perl (<< 0.221), libparse-cpan-meta-perl (<< 1.39), libpod-escapes-perl (<< 1.04), libpod-parser-perl (<< 1.37), libpod-plainer-perl (<< 0.01), libpod-simple-perl (<< 3.07), libswitch-perl (<< 2.14), libtest-harness-perl (<< 3.17), libtest-simple-perl (<< 0.92), libthread-queue-perl (<< 2.11), libtime-local-perl (<< 1.1901), libversion-perl (<< 1:0.7700), podlators-perl (<= 2.2.2-1) Filename: pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb Size: 3480936 MD5sum: 3ea37b5cbacf1b6409cd96140c85d530 SHA1: 2c5788cab2bd1913e14f08fc9f3910d77b44ec53 SHA256: dd5c0062836a53acaad3556f60a00c209157803d10fe5857073d8bb946c48bd0 Description: Core Perl modules ... ait:~# du -b /var/cache/approx/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb 3480936 /var/cache/approx/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb ait:~# md5sum /var/cache/approx/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb 3ea37b5cbacf1b6409cd96140c85d530 /var/cache/approx/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb ait:~# sha1sum /var/cache/approx/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb 2c5788cab2bd1913e14f08fc9f3910d77b44ec53 /var/cache/approx/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb ait:~# sha256sum /var/cache/approx/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb dd5c0062836a53acaad3556f60a00c209157803d10fe5857073d8bb946c48bd0 /var/cache/approx/debian/pool/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.10.1-13_all.deb ait:~# -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages approx depends on: ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and groups ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co ii curl 7.20.1-2 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.32 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.11.1-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libpcre3 8.02-1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi ii update-inetd 4.36 inetd configuration file updater ii xinetd [inet-superserver] 1:2.3.14-7 replacement for inetd with many en approx recommends no packages. Versions of packages approx suggests: pn libconfig-model-approx-perl <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/approx/approx.conf changed: debian http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian security http://security.debian.org multimedia http://debian-multimedia.org emacs-snapshot http://emacs.orebokech.com -- debconf information: * approx/port: 3142 -- Дмитрий Падучих