[Bug 989630] Re: apt-get -f install can't repair packages base after upgrade to 12.04

2012-04-27 Thread Torsten Spindler
This does not look like a but in apt, but some error code from XFS, see also their FAQ at http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_I_see_applications_returning_error_990_or_.22Structure_needs_cleaning.22.2C_what_is_wrong.3F I mark this as invalid now, as apt can only terminate if a filesystem error

[Bug 678080] Re: Unable to use any options with apt ssh/rsh acquire method

2012-04-25 Thread Torsten Spindler
@Frederic: Does the work around in the bug description with the ssh shell script call work for you on 10.04 LTS? The only path to fix this problem on 10.04 LTS would be to use the SRU process, which is a bit involved. Given that according to the bug status only two people are affected and a work

[Bug 952382] Re: package libapt-pkg4.12 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: './usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/libapt-pkg4.12.mo' is different from the same file on the system

2012-03-13 Thread Torsten Spindler
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 933054 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/933054 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 933054 '.../libapt-pkg4.12.mo' is different from the same file on the system -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 627032] Re: package slapd 2.4.23-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2012-03-13 Thread Torsten Spindler
Seems to be a defective helper script rather than a problem in apt, marking invalid. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627032

[Bug 926986] Re: package download stalls 12.04

2012-03-05 Thread Torsten Spindler
I replaced archive.ubuntu.com with au.archive.ubuntu.com on my laptop and ran apt-get update without any problem. Is there possibly a network problem between your server and the mirrors? Are there any transparent proxies or alike in between? -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 945826] Re: Kubuntu 12.04 AMD64 Beta Live CD sources.list has a bad entry

2012-03-05 Thread Torsten Spindler
This seems to be the 12.04 CD itself, can you remove it via software sources and see if the problem goes away? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945826 Title: Kubuntu 12.04 AMD64 Beta

[Bug 891696] Re: /etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/preferences.d/* are ignored.

2012-03-05 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you remember if it failed with aptitude, not apt? I think there is a pending bug on preferences.d support for aptitude. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/891696 Title:

Re: [Bug 891696] Re: /etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/preferences.d/* are ignored.

2012-03-05 Thread Torsten Spindler
Do you still have the config files, so I can confirm the bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/891696 Title: /etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/preferences.d/* are ignored. To manage

[Bug 939322] Re: apt-get source ignores missing key

2012-03-05 Thread Torsten Spindler
I reproduced this behaviour on precise, deleting all keys found with apt-key list: $ apt-get source hello Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Skipping already downloaded file 'hello_2.7-2.dsc' Skipping already downloaded file

[Bug 939322] Re: apt-get source ignores missing key

2012-03-05 Thread Torsten Spindler
Adding the --require-valid-signature to the dpkg-source command called from apt-get source will change the default behaviour. As this is quite an invasive change, breaking apt-get source when no key is installed, maybe it is better to be able to configure the options of dpkg-source? Also the

[Bug 945826] Re: Kubuntu 12.04 AMD64 Beta Live CD sources.list has a bad entry

2012-03-05 Thread Torsten Spindler
What happens if you add them via GUI or apt-cdrom add? Does the update command work then? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945826 Title: Kubuntu 12.04 AMD64 Beta Live CD sources.list

[Bug 939867] Re: apt-get crashed with SIGSEGV in Name()

2012-03-05 Thread Torsten Spindler
In dpkgpm.cc the crash happens in a loop over a list. Each list item ought to have a Pkg associated with it, but if that's not the case, this crash might happen. It would be best to check if (*I).Pkg is of the right type, the attached patch only checks for NULL. ** Patch added:

[Bug 944233] Re: apt ellipses should be space-separated

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you provide some sample output that illustrates the problem? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/944233 Title: apt

[Bug 810037] Re: wine 3.1 updates have bad verification.

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
I haven't seen those problems in a while. Do they still happen on your system? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/810037 Title:

[Bug 797550] Re: indefinite download tries behind a proxy

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does this problem still happen in your network setup? Have more recent Ubuntu releases improved the situation? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 923876] Re: FR: Limit and clean-up kernel images and headers automatically in LTS

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
I've confirmed the problem, especially with LTS. I've set the importance to wishlist as there are manual ways to work around this limitation in apt. ** Summary changed: - Limit and clean-up kernel images and headers automatically in LTS + FR: Limit and clean-up kernel images and headers

[Bug 692791] Re: Installing then removing evolution leaves unused packages behind

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
I do think apt does the right thing. On Precise I did: $ sudo apt-get install evolution $ sudo apt-get purge evolution $ sudo apt-get autoremove Note that purge/remove will only remove the package and packages that are directly dependent on it, e.g. evolution-plugins. Packages that have been

[Bug 606126] Re: apt-cache search should show version

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed ** Summary changed: - apt-cache search should show version + FR: apt-cache search should show version -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 797550] Re: indefinite download tries behind a proxy

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you try to download a package via commandline wget or curl, for example http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/firefox-3.0/firefox-dbg_3.6.17+build3+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1_i386.deb and see how that goes? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 274150] Re: Help functions return error message when help isn't installed

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: kdepim (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kdepim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274150 Title: Help functions return error message when help isn't

[Bug 797550] Re: indefinite download tries behind a proxy

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you append the output for the following apt-get statements with some debugging information: $ sudo apt-get update -o Debug::acquire::http=true $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -o Debug::acquire::http=true -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 797550] Re: indefinite download tries behind a proxy

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you attach update.log to the bug and possible an upgrade.log when a new package is installed as well? The copy'n'paste seems to be truncated. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/797550

[Bug 797550] Re: indefinite download tries behind a proxy

2012-03-02 Thread Torsten Spindler
Oops, didn't see the download link on top of the comment. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/797550 Title: indefinite download tries behind a proxy To manage notifications about this

[Bug 813400] Re: lxc-create -t ubuntu complains about /dev/pts

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to lxc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/813400 Title: lxc-create -t ubuntu complains about /dev/pts To manage

[Bug 849736] Re: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is unreadable

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
A modified version of the patch, adding ignore the apt-get update warning below to the output. Background is, that if any error is detected during cachefile.cc pkgCacheFile::BuildCaches, apt will print the warning: W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems In the case of an

[Bug 849736] Re: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is unreadable

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Here is an alternate patch, using _error-Notice instead of _error-Warning. Using Notice leaves _error-empty false and hence the apt-get update warning is not printed. For comparison. here the output of the two patches: apt-unreadable_sources.patch: $ apt-cache policy apache2 apache2:

[Bug 849736] Re: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is unreadable

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/849736 Title: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file

[Bug 324025] Re: apt-get autoremove throws Internal error due to unmet dependencies

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does this problem still occur with newer releases of Ubuntu? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/324025 Title: apt-get

[Bug 318878] Re: apt-get update stalls when accessing dualstacked ipv4 + ipv6 mirrors

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does this problem still exist on newer Ubuntu releases? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318878 Title: apt-get update

[Bug 565229] Re: /etc/cron.daily/apt assumes that CacheArchive inside CacheDir

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
The code for the cron job has changed since the bug was reported: Cache=/var/cache/apt/archives/ eval $(apt-config shell Cache Dir::Cache::archives/d) Does this allow for the intended behaviour of having a CacheArchive outside of CacheDir? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New

[Bug 682879] Re: Installation of software from the software centre often stalls halfway, and never continues. It also prevents the pc from shutting down (hours later)

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does 'apt-get install' from the command line fail as well? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682879 Title: Installation of

[Bug 329554] Re: apt gets broken by package with many config files

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
It seems that in latest apt the buffer is still set to32k. However, mailman (example from debian bug 17945) installs just fine. Is there a package with many config files that cannot be installed on a supported version of Ubuntu? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You

[Bug 756317] Re: apt broken if cache files are invalid

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
I inserted the content of the attached file into archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_restricted_i18n_Translation-en on Precise and the problem still exists: Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Translation-en_US Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/universe Translation-en

[Bug 794704] Re: 10.04 x86 flashplugin-installer package broken

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Are the index files on your system current, e.g. does 'sudo apt-get update' fix the problem? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 796122] Re: sudo update-manager -c -d from 11.04 to 11.10 leaves system with error message

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Did you do a 'do-release-upgrade' or merely changed the sources.list entries? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/796122 Title:

[Bug 917845] Re: apt-ftparchive sets permission of Packages file to 001 to

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917845 Title: apt-ftparchive sets permission of Packages file to 001 to To manage

[Bug 896721] Re: package openoffice.org-voikko 2.1-1build3 failed to install/upgrade:

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
I could not reproduce this problem by simply installing openoffice.org- voikko. Is there a way to reproduce this problem? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 329554] Re: apt gets broken by package with many config files

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329554 Title: apt gets broken by package with many config files To manage

[Bug 879419] Re: AutoRemover destroyed something which really shouldn't happen.

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
I could remove libcupsys2 on Lucid without a problem, though uninstalling half of my desktop. Probably additional packages that are installed are causing the problem you see. Can you try a 'sudo apt-get -f install' and see if that fixes the package dependencies? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)

[Bug 879107] Re: apt-get re-encodes URL-encoded characters from an HTTP redirect

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879107 Title: apt-get re-encodes URL-encoded characters from an HTTP redirect To manage

[Bug 891696] Re: /etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/preferences.d/* are ignored.

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
I've added two files to /etc/apt/preferences.d, one containing a pin, the other nonsense: $ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/apache Package: apache2 Pin: release n=lucid Pin-Priority: 900 Package: apache2 Pin: release n=precise Pin-Priority: 100 $ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/wurst just a test Upon

[Bug 827627] Re: apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
There is a guide (untested by me) on how to setup a proxy if present and use DIRECT otherwise: http://askubuntu.com/questions/53443/how-do-i-ignore-a-proxy-if-not-available Does this solve the problem you describe in this bug? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You

[Bug 803040] Re: Cannot update or install packages

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
In both cases the lists directory contains files that cannot be read / parsed by apt. Removing these files should fix the situation, albeit if they become corrupted again (download problem?), the problem will appear again. Did removing these files fix the problem for you eventually? ** Changed

[Bug 799432] Re: Source package can't be found if already previous found

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
I can confirm that the problem exists on Precise as well, using the PPA from above. However, when for example downloading 'apt-get source apt apt-utils' it works. I can also confirm the work around of downloading the packages individually. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New =

[Bug 811881] Re: type 'exceptions.SystemError': E:Method has died unexpectedly!, E:Sub-process returned an error code (100), E:Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/ did not start correctly

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you reproduce this problem? Does it still exist on a newer Ubuntu release? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/811881 Title:

[Bug 565229] Re: /etc/cron.daily/apt assumes that CacheArchive inside CacheDir

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does the cron job from newer apt work on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS? Not sure if it's a SRU candidate as the problem doesn't seem to be that critical to me. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Triaged ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Low -- You received this bug

[Bug 799432] Re: Source package can't be found if already previous found

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
It looks like FindSrc fails at times as SrcRecs in apt-get.cc is mangled by the first search. Moving pkgSrcRecords SrcRecs(*List); within the loop over the command line supplied file list fixes the error, albeit brutally. A better way might be to make sure that SrcRecs is not destroyed during the

[Bug 827627] Re: apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Wouldn't this be better solved via the proxies then, e.g. mimicking the squid-deb-proxy like avahi announcements through whatever means and discovering them via a ProxyAutoDetect string? I'm not sure that apt itself should implement such a discovery mechanism. -- You received this bug

[Bug 798577] Re: Error installing libqt4-network

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does this problem still happen? Sometimes the archive or a mirror is a bit out of sync, causing problems as above. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 565229] Re: /etc/cron.daily/apt assumes that CacheArchive inside CacheDir

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Ok, I will close this bug as won't fix then, as I don't think the risk of a regression in the apt cron job is at the same level as the benefit of the fix. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 943947] Re: apt does not include ppa updates

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Are the PPAs specified correctly in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/? Do the PPAs hold packages for Precise already? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 878946] Re: apt mirror method sends bad query string for arch

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Thanks for your bug report and fix, this seems to have fixed in apt on Precise. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878946

[Bug 803040] Re: Cannot update or install packages

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Thanks for taking the time to reply, even if the bug was idling for a long time. I will mark it as invalid as it has been fixed in between and the root cause has not been found. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 827627] Re: apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Thanks for the clarification. I've marked this as a wishlist bug for now, as developer time for such a feature is limited. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 813400] Re: lxc-create -t ubuntu complains about /dev/pts

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/813400 Title: lxc-create -t ubuntu complains about /dev/pts To manage notifications about

[Bug 858477] Re: package apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.5 failed to install/upgrade: cannot access archive: No such file or directory

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does an 'sudo apt-get clean' and subsequent update and upgrade fix this problem? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/858477

[Bug 923876] Re: Limit and clean-up kernel images and headers automatically in LTS

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
I do believe linux-image packages are excluded from autoremove on purpose, as specified in debian/apt.conf.autoremove. Are you requesting a feature for apt where it controls the number of kernels (linux-image*) installed in parallel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 918213] Re: apt-get source picks Ubuntu version instead of Debian when requesting Debian version and there is only deb-src, but not deb

2012-03-01 Thread Torsten Spindler
I could not reproduce this problem on Precise: $ apt-cache policy backuppc backuppc: Installed: (none) Candidate: 3.2.1-2ubuntu1 Version table: 3.2.1-2ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages 3.2.1-2 0 500

[Bug 943144] Re: Must manually remove /var/lib/dpkg/lock

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
What happens if you use dpkg or gdebi to install a package locally, is the lock also created and not deleted? Or is the lock problem restricted to apt-get? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 887647] Re: in the installable to cdrom selection in software sources the cdrom option is shown twice

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does this problem still exist in Precise? Where is the 'installable to cdrom option' in software sources? I have the tabs Ubuntu Software, Other Software, Updates, Authentication, Statistics. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 879784] Re: sudo apt-get update not working

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Do you probably have an ill formatted .list file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ that causes the hiccup? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 879107] Re: apt-get re-encodes URL-encoded characters from an HTTP redirect

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Would you happen to have a patch for fixing this problem with apt on 10.04 LTS? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879107 Title: apt-get re-encodes URL-encoded characters from an HTTP

[Bug 868362] Re: apt-get doesn't handle well the case of a full disk/partition

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
What would be a better behaviour of apt? Should there be an option to err out on a failed write? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868362 Title: apt-get doesn't handle well the case of

[Bug 867403] Re: package apt-utils 0.8.13.2ubuntu4.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does the problem still exist? It might have been a corrupted file, probably caused by an unclean shutdown (poweroff), or something alike. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 865537] Re: package libavcodec52 4:0.6.2-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile returned error exit status 2

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Marking as invalid per last bug reporter comment. The problem could be fixed with onboard methods of Ubuntu. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 863407] Re: Lmms, openshot, blender, wine all broken after update

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Has this problem been solved by using the packages released in Ubuntu 11.10? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/863407 Title:

[Bug 868294] Re: multiarch - Update broke 64bit dependencies

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does this problem still exist? Multi-arch support in apt has been greatly improved over the last months. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 861595] Re: Apt source gets the source for the newest/highest priority binary avaialble, not the newest/highest priority source available

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Does specifying the version number for the package work around the problem? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/861595 Title:

[Bug 943144] Re: Must manually remove /var/lib/dpkg/lock

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you check that $ sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade fails because of the lock all the time? I just tried this on Precise and it works as always for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 889612] Re: everytime i am trying to get updates usingsudo apt-get update command i get the following error

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
I'd recommend to move all the files in /var/lib/apt/lists/ out of the way and try again. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 925536] Re: package apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.4 failed to install/upgrade: failed in buffer_write(fd) (10, ret=-1): backend dpkg-deb during `./usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/apt.mo'

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
When does this problem occur? Does this still not work with the current 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.10 of apt in 10.04 LTS? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 849736] Re: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is unreadable

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Confirmed, sudo is however a workaround: spindler@spitfire:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ apt-cache policy apache2 apache2: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2.2.22-1ubuntu1 Version table: 2.2.22-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages

[Bug 849736] Re: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is unreadable

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
Probably this method is not working correctly, it seems to return false whenever a problem with reading and appending a file is encountered (apt-pkg/sourcelist.cc): // CNC:2003-03-03 - By Anton V. Denisov a...@altlinux.org. // SourceList::ReadSourceDir - Read a directory with sources files //

[Bug 849736] Re: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is unreadable

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
The attached patch returns a true from pkgSourceList::ReadAppend when the file is not readable (!F.is_open). It might be better to change the semantic of ReadAppend to return three values, like ok, fail, fatal. pkgSourceList::ReadSourceDir could then check this return value and either continue

[Bug 849423] Re: apt-get source should warn when sources cannot be built using debuild or dpkg-buildpackage.

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
It would be nice if apt could deduce that information from the source package file. Unfortunately developer time for such a feature is certainly limited, so I mark this bug as wishlist. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New

[Bug 840048] Re: apt-get incorrectly prompts user to remove required i386 packages in multiarch environment

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
apt can only know about these dependencies when the package declares them. Not sure if that is the case with the skype package. As a work around, you can use 'apt-mark' to prevent those packages from being autoremoved. Does the problem still exist on Precise, I use skype there and at least the

[Bug 837943] Re: apt does silently ignores whole source line when one section is not found in release file

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
I could not reproduce this under Precise. I added a pocket 'broken' to a deb line in sources.list and the other pockets were still used. Can you outline the steps to reproduce this issue? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 814130] Re: Acquire::http::ProxyAutoDetect is executed multiple times for each host

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
I can confirm the multiple calls for the ProxyAutoDetect script, following your setup above. I believe proxies can be set for different sources, so I think the auto-detect needs to run for any new source. I mark this bug as wishlist item. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided =

Re: [Bug 943144] Re: Must manually remove /var/lib/dpkg/lock

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
There is a daily cron job and probably unattended-upgrades that might interfere. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/943144 Title: Must manually remove /var/lib/dpkg/lock To manage

[Bug 819279] Re: Translated apt-get waiting for untranslated response

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 83889 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/83889 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 83889 apt shows incorrect language strings if used with specific locale settings - and aborts package installation if you confirm installation -- You

[Bug 849736] Re: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is unreadable

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Patch removed: apt-unreadable_sources.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/849736/+attachment/2794013/+files/apt-unreadable_sources.patch ** Patch added: apt-unreadable_sources.patch

[Bug 849736] Re: apt-cache policy silently shows inaccurate information when any file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d is unreadable

2012-02-29 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Patch removed: apt-unreadable_sources.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/849736/+attachment/2794165/+files/apt-unreadable_sources.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 940976] Re: dist-upgrade disk full warning

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
That's a good idea, though I'm not sure that apt can control the size of the artifacts created by package scripts. E.g. while the size of the files to be installed is known, there might be additional data generated that is unaccounted for. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New =

[Bug 939322] Re: apt-get source ignores missing key

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
Thanks for your bug report and helping to make Ubuntu better. I think that this is a wishlist item and will mark it as such. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 933366] Re: Muon gives error message when updating

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/933366 Title: Muon gives error message when updating To manage notifications about this

[Bug 926986] Re: package download stalls 12.04

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
Is this a mirror setup problem? What happens if you use a different mirror close by or archive.ubuntu.com directly? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 933054] Re: '.../libapt-pkg4.12.mo' is different from the same file on the system

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
It looks to me like the same underlying issue as bug 924628. Would you agree it's a duplicate rather than a new issue? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/933054 Title:

[Bug 923876] Re: Limit and clean-up kernel images and headers automatically in LTS

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
The 'computer-janitor' seems to be designed to take care of old kernels for the user. For me on Precise it offers to remove old kernels. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 919204] Re: Problems with the update manager/apt-get/synaptic in Ubuntu 11.10

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
It looks to me like the index files get corrupted during download. Can you try a different provider, or a 3G connection, to ensure it's not the ISP mangling the files? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 924283] Re: Package lists are fully readed if there are no changes

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
I cannot reproduce this problem on 12.04 against archive.ubuntu.com: ... Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/restricted Translation-en Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/universe Translation-en Fetched 12.4 MB in 12s (1,022 kB/s)

[Bug 918887] Re: upgrade to 11.10

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
How did you perform the upgrade? Did you use either update-manager graphically or do-release-upgrade from the command line? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 915375] Re: libreoffice-core 1:3.5.0~beta2 fails to install

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
** Package changed: apt (Ubuntu) = libreoffice (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/915375 Title: libreoffice-core 1:3.5.0~beta2 fails to install To manage notifications about

[Bug 940082] Re: package libpam-modules 1.1.1-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: cannot access archive: No such file or directory

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 912833 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/912833 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 912833 package libpam-modules 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: cannot access archive: No such file or directory -- You received this bug

[Bug 911119] Re: apt-get install compatability error

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
I cannot reproduce the problem, the lib installed just fine via apt-get install on my system: ubuntu@oneiric-lxc:~$ sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 [sudo] password for ubuntu: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW

[Bug 909689] Re: Erro de Atualizacao - 404 Not Found

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you an 'sudo apt-get update' and then try the upgrade again? It might be a transient problem with the index files referring to old file locations. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 910177] Re: dependency php-zem-zend-server broken by autoremove

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
Where do the packages deployment-daemon-zend-server : Depends: php-zem- zend-server come from? I cannot find them in the Ubuntu 11.10 archive. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 910177] Re: dependency php-zem-zend-server broken by autoremove

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
Can you run a 'apt-cache policy deployment-zend-server' from the command line? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910177 Title: dependency php-zem-zend-server broken by autoremove To

[Bug 910177] Re: dependency php-zem-zend-server broken by autoremove

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
make that 'apt-cache policy deployment-daemon-zend-server', please. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910177 Title: dependency php-zem-zend-server broken by autoremove To manage

[Bug 909329] Re: apt-get install gives stupid error message on conflicts

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
Thanks for your bug report and making Ubuntu better. Unfortunately developer time is rather limited, so it might be unlikely that we see an improved error message soon. I will mark this bug as wishlist item, patches are of course welcome. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided =

[Bug 899371] Re: package apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

2012-02-28 Thread Torsten Spindler
This might have been a temporary problem with the archive, can you repeat this problem nowadays? ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

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