Fails to re-check if packages need upgrading

[Vadim Peretokin]

Binary package hint: apport

I updated my system and yet I still cannot report a crash:

vadi@vadi-laptop:~$ apport-cli '/var/crash/_usr_bin_pidgin.1000.crash'

*** Problem in pidgin

The problem cannot be reported:

You have some obsolete package versions installed. Please upgrade the following packages and check if the problem still occurs:

python, python-minimal

Press any key to continue...

vadi@vadi-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for vadi:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
vadi@vadi-laptop:~$

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 5 08:47:12 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate amd64 (20091020.3)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: apport 1.9.3-0ubuntu4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48+ureadahead2-generic
SourcePackage: apport
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

Please attach the output of

$ apt-get policy pidgin

Thank you

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

Looks like you're using a Live CD, so pidgin isn't updated. You need to go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources and activate universe, updates and security (if any of them are unselected) and upgrade your system.

[Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin)]

I'm not using a LiveCD mate :)

vadi@vadi-laptop:~$ apt-get policy pidgin
E: Invalid operation policy
vadi@vadi-laptop:~$ apt-cache policy pidgin
pidgin:
  Installed: 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7
  Candidate: 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.6.2-1ubuntu7 0
        500 http://gpl.savoirfairelinux.net karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
vadi@vadi-laptop:~$

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

So I don't know why do you get this:

InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate amd64 (20091020.3)

[Marco Rodrigues (gothicx)]

Your report need to be regenerated, because the current Crash file contains old package versions in the Depends field.

Check if this help: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport#Tools (maybe apport-retrace)

[Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin)]

I didn't have anything in my CD drive at the time of reporting or right now.

Maybe the installation is bugged, no idea. I installed during RC and my
system is fully upgraded.

[Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin)]

Yeah... and that's why I came to report the bug here. It didn't do it
automatically, and it was being wrong about a package needing upgrades when
it didn't.