aptitude removes packages conflicting with requested package even if it was not downloaded
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aptitude |
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aptitude (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: aptitude
I had been testing connman and indicator-network but found that they did not yet support WPA-Enterprise. Therefore I thought I could install network-manager and network-
1) $ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04
2) $ apt-cache policy aptitude
aptitude:
Installed: 0.6.3-3.2ubuntu1
Candidate: 0.6.3-3.2ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 0.6.3-3.2ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
3) I expected the packages to be either downloaded or the whole transaction to be rolled back.
4) The transaction continued, and the conflicting packages (in this case connman and indicator-network) were removed, although the packages which were to replace them (network-manager and network-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: aptitude 0.6.3-3.2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-6-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 14 10:32:36 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110308)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_DK:en
LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: aptitude
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
Changed in aptitude: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
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status: | New → Fix Committed |
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status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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status: | Fix Released → New |
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status: | New → Confirmed |
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status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
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status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
commit 2f544c3c351591f 0f30e9f3bdf2cc9 05f54b906a
Author: Daniel Hartwig <email address hidden>
Date: Wed Jun 20 17:22:11 2012 +0800