Undoing a change which will break packages still does not permit us to apply changes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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adept (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: adept
For example, I have mingw32 on a different repository and mingw32-binutils and mingw32-runtime on a different repository. (local repos) mingw32 depends on the other two. I disable the second repo and there are no other repos providing them
1. I open adept and choose to install mingw32. It is marked as BREAK (install).
2. I press "undo" from the toolbar.
3. I select an unrelated package, say "acl" for installation.
4. I press "Apply changes".
5. I get an error saying: dpkg run was refused. There was an error committing changes. Possibly there was some problem downloading packages or the commit would break packages.
Why do I get this error when I have said "undo" already? I am prevented from installing even the unrelated "acl" package.
Note that after I get this error, acl is reset to "not installed - no change". If I now try installing it, there is no problem. But why should I get the problem in the first place?
Shriramana,
Just following up on this bug. What version of Kubuntu were you using when this problem occurred? Are you able to reproduce the problem on a fully updated install of Kubuntu 7.04 (feisty)?
I tried to reproduce this on my system running Kubuntu Feisty but mingw32 installs fine for me. You said you are using local repositories, could you give some more detail on your repository set up, just in case there's something there. Finally, does this just occur with the mingw32 package or is it any selection that would break packages?
thanks for your input
Rich