Public bug reported: Packages are reported to conflict with themselves when they actually conflict with a different architecture version of themselves.
For example (and as illustrated below using "apt show" and "apt-cache depends") musepack-tools is reported to conflict with musepack-tools (according to "apt show") but in reality (as revealed by "apt-cache depends") conflicts with musepack-tools:i386. That is misleading and concerning when read for the first time by probably anyone and apparently a known issue: http://askubuntu.com/questions/106203/why-do-some-packages-conflict- with-themselves I consider it a bug and file so accordingly. "apt show", should not mislead as it does, but show at least the same output as "apt-cache depends" does here. Example runs: $ apt show musepack-tools Package: musepack-tools State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 2:0.1~r459-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/sound Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Uncompressed Size: 342 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcue1, libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435), libreplaygain1 (>= 1.0~r412) Conflicts: musepack-tools Description: MusePack commandline utilities Musepack is an audio compression format with a strong emphasis on high quality. It's not lossless, but it is designed for transparency, so that you won't be able to hear differences between the original wave file and the much smaller MPC file. It is based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms, but since 1997 it has rapidly developed and vastly improved and is now at an advanced stage in which it contains heavily optimized and patentless code. This package contains various commandline utilities for MusePack files: * mpcenc (encoder) * mpcdec (decoder) * mpccut (cut MPC files without reencoding) * mpcgain (gain calculation) * mpc2sv8 (conversion to MusePack SV8 from older SV) Homepage: http://www.musepack.net $ apt-cache depends musepack-tools musepack-tools Depends: libc6 Depends: libcue1 Depends: libmpcdec6 Depends: libreplaygain1 Conflicts: musepack-tools:i386 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt10 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jun 21 10:56:12 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-04 (290 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" - Release amd64 20150627 SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug rosa -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594627 Title: "apt show" reports misleading conflicts Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Packages are reported to conflict with themselves when they actually conflict with a different architecture version of themselves. For example (and as illustrated below using "apt show" and "apt-cache depends") musepack-tools is reported to conflict with musepack-tools (according to "apt show") but in reality (as revealed by "apt-cache depends") conflicts with musepack-tools:i386. That is misleading and concerning when read for the first time by probably anyone and apparently a known issue: http://askubuntu.com/questions/106203/why-do-some-packages-conflict- with-themselves I consider it a bug and file so accordingly. "apt show", should not mislead as it does, but show at least the same output as "apt-cache depends" does here. Example runs: $ apt show musepack-tools Package: musepack-tools State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 2:0.1~r459-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/sound Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Uncompressed Size: 342 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcue1, libmpcdec6 (>= 1:0.1~r435), libreplaygain1 (>= 1.0~r412) Conflicts: musepack-tools Description: MusePack commandline utilities Musepack is an audio compression format with a strong emphasis on high quality. It's not lossless, but it is designed for transparency, so that you won't be able to hear differences between the original wave file and the much smaller MPC file. It is based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 / MP2 algorithms, but since 1997 it has rapidly developed and vastly improved and is now at an advanced stage in which it contains heavily optimized and patentless code. This package contains various commandline utilities for MusePack files: * mpcenc (encoder) * mpcdec (decoder) * mpccut (cut MPC files without reencoding) * mpcgain (gain calculation) * mpc2sv8 (conversion to MusePack SV8 from older SV) Homepage: http://www.musepack.net $ apt-cache depends musepack-tools musepack-tools Depends: libc6 Depends: libcue1 Depends: libmpcdec6 Depends: libreplaygain1 Conflicts: musepack-tools:i386 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt10 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jun 21 10:56:12 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-04 (290 days ago) InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela" - Release amd64 20150627 SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1594627/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
