Here is how to reproduce this bug:
* Download http://fgouget.free.fr/bugs/testdep.tar.bz2
This is a small archive that contains a set of test, empty, Debian
package files along with their source.
(run ./build to rebuild them)
* Install the testdep-allsarch_1.0-1_all.deb package.
* Then run the following command and install the package:
qapt-deb-installer testdep-allsarch-default_1.0-1_i386.deb
The command will appear to succeed but in fact it leaves the testdep-allsarch-default broken:
$ dpkg -l testdep-allsarch-default
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-====================-===============-===============-=============================================
iU testdep-allsarch-def 1.0-1 i386 Package with testdep-allsarch dependency
Now it's normal for the package to fail to install: it has a dependency that cannot be resolved. But there are still two bugs here:
* The most important one is that qapt-deb-installer seems to fail to detect and report unexpected installation errors. This is the bug that really needs to be fixed. Note that in the same situation gdebi-gtk and software-center detect and report the issue and also suggest a command to run to fix it.
* The second, less important bug, is that qapt-deb-installer thought the package could be installed in the first place.
Here is how to reproduce this bug: fgouget. free.fr/ bugs/testdep. tar.bz2
* Download http://
This is a small archive that contains a set of test, empty, Debian
package files along with their source.
(run ./build to rebuild them)
* Install the testdep- allsarch_ 1.0-1_all. deb package.
* Then run the following command and install the package: deb-installer testdep- allsarch- default_ 1.0-1_i386. deb
qapt-
The command will appear to succeed but in fact it leaves the testdep- allsarch- default broken:
$ dpkg -l testdep- allsarch- default Unknown/ Install/ Remove/ Purge/Hold Not/Inst/ Conf-files/ Unpacked/ halF-conf/ Half-inst/ trig-aWait/ Trig-pend /Reinst- required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ======= ======= ===-=== ======= =====-= ======= ======= -====== ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= ==== allsarch- def 1.0-1 i386 Package with testdep-allsarch dependency
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===
iU testdep-
Now it's normal for the package to fail to install: it has a dependency that cannot be resolved. But there are still two bugs here:
* The most important one is that qapt-deb-installer seems to fail to detect and report unexpected installation errors. This is the bug that really needs to be fixed. Note that in the same situation gdebi-gtk and software-center detect and report the issue and also suggest a command to run to fix it.
* The second, less important bug, is that qapt-deb-installer thought the package could be installed in the first place.
ProblemType: Bug ature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: qapt-deb-installer 2.0.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 26 18:58:24 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-29 (88 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: qapt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Reproducible: Always