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1-- Real Problems
2#24000: Bug in apt Version: 0.0.17-1bo0
3 Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source for a package
4 Status: Require Status file.
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5#24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh
6 Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long
7 Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable
8 caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing
9 the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would
10 completely disable the cache which may not be desired.
11#24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies
12 Status: Requires dpkg modifications
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c217f42a 14#28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors
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15 Summary: Make use of redundant sources
16 Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.
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17#25104: APT should retry failed downloads
18 Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers
19 Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
20 to control this desired behavoir.
21#25176: Problem with FTP/firewall
22#25458: Problem with FTP/firewall
23 Summary: FTP method has no controls for firewalls
24 Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
25 to control this desired behavoir.
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26#29441: documenting the codes for -s
27 Summary: Apparently the simulation output is not immediately obvois
28 Status: Someone should update the man page.
29
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30-- Fixed but unclosed things
31#25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are?
32#22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist)
33 Summary: Feature request
34 Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option
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35#21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found.
36 Status: Fixed in 0.3.0
37#22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option
38#22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt?
39 Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a
40 removable media for another computer
41 Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point
42 that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and
43 the -c option
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44#27601: srange errors from dselect
45 Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source
46 Status: Require status file
47 Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducable w/ given
48 status file
49#27841: apt: apt depends on a missing library
50 Status: New versions of APT in slink have been compiled with libstdc++2.9
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51#23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice
52 Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration
53 file
54 Done - Use Acquire::http::proxy::host.com="DIRECT"
55#25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections
56 Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some
57 parameters
58 Done - Use Acquire::Queue-Mode="access"
59#25019: apt: Confusing progress report
60 Summary: Gripes about the progress meter
61 Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get.
62 The GUI will naturally be better
63 I think the new progress meter address basically everyone's
64 concerns.
65#25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking
66 Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated
67 Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design,
68 probably won't make the GUI either.
69 Wee, the new acquire code allows this, it now prints out 'Hit'
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70#26019: apt may report wrong line speed
71#26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist)
72#28778: apt: apt's fetched message is wrong for update of packages files
73 Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its
74 calculations
75 Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code
76 And it actually was fixed with the new acquire code
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77#26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity
78 Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash
79 Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least
80 Status: I have no idea why.
81 Seems to be gone in .3, whatever it was...
82#25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed
83 Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even
84 though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in
85 0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be
86 configurable..
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87#28391: apt-get install without upgrading
88 Summary: Make install leave the package in the keep state if it is already
89 installed
90 Status: Will be implemented in 0.3.0
91 Try the --no-upgrade options
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92#28373: apt package is missing information on ftp.conf
93#29293: apt: Docs reference apt(8) but apt(8) not provided.
94 Summary: The man pages have references to several non-existent items,
95 ftp.conf is only one of them.
96 Status: Fix the man pages. This certainly will be done in 0.3.0
97#24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect
98 Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect
99 Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can
100 be put there.
101 There is already an APT_CONFIG in 0.3, APT_OPTIONS may also
102 appear..
103 Use Dselect::Options "-d" and others
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104#29920: Wish for more verbosity on "has no installation candidate"
105 Summary: More reports
106 Status: Already fixed in .3
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107#29382: apt: apt deletes packages after installation without any question
108 Summary: Obvois.
109 Status: Fixed in .3, use Dselect::Clean "prompt"
110#30027: apt: version comparison bug
111 Summary: Version compare differs from dpkg
112 Status: Fixed in all CVS versions.
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113#30260: apt: wishlist: do not return to main menu without prompting for return
114 Summary: Wants to prompt after dselect update
115 Status: Fixed in v3, use dselect::promptafterupdate "true";
116
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117-- Silly things
118#26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
dcc48266 119#29903: apt-get insists onto sending a SIZE command
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120 Summary: SunOS ftpd does not support the SIZE command
121 Status: Probably not worth fixing
122#20723: Apt suggestion
123 Summary: Package Grouping Mechanism
124 Status: Who knows
125#22550: apt-get upgrade could configure packages earlier
126 Status: Who knows
127#23934: apt-get source <package>
128#27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist)
129 Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives.
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130#26663: rsync file access
131 Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be
132 a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode'
133 support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs
134 via http)
135#22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y
136#27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental
137 Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
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138#28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages
139 Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package
140 Status: I belive this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution
141 is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685
142 is fixed with a configuration directive.
143#27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail
144 Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation
145 Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted
146 by the apt-query program which should be written.