Package: apticron Version: 1.1.42 Severity: normal
Hi, on one of my boxen, I get a very inconsistent upgrade report: $ dpkg -l cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-driver-gutenprint Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============================-==============================-============================================================================ rc cups 1.4.4-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server rc cups-bsd 1.4.4-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands un cups-client <none> (no description available) rc cups-driver-gutenprint 5.2.6-1 printer drivers for CUPS The corresponding upgrade report looks like this: apticron report [Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:27:13 +0100] ======================================================================== apticron has detected that some packages need upgrading on: debian.oeko.net [ 10.0.1.1 ] The following packages are currently pending an upgrade: cups 1.4.4-7 cups-bsd 1.4.4-7 cups-client 1.4.4-7 cups-driver-gutenprint 5.2.6-1 ======================================================================== Package Details: Usage: apt-listchanges [options] {--apt | filename.deb ...} If I then say "aptitude safe-upgrade", these packages are not mentioned to be upgraded. Kind regards, --Toni++ -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (450, 'testing'), (250, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apticron depends on: ii apt 0.8.10.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 simple mail user agent ii cron 3.0pl1-116 process scheduling daemon ii debconf [debconf-2 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy ii mailx 1:20071201-3 Transitional package for mailx ren ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages apticron recommends: ii apt-listchanges 2.85.7 package change history notificatio ii iproute 20100519-3 networking and traffic control too apticron suggests no packages. -- Configuration Files: /etc/cron.daily/apticron [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/etc/cron.daily/apticron' -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org