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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#24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies
6 Status: Requires dpkg modifications
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7#25104: APT should retry failed downloads
8 Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers
9 Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
10 to control this desired behavoir.
11#25176: Problem with FTP/firewall
12#25458: Problem with FTP/firewall
13 Summary: FTP method has no controls for firewalls
14 Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
15 to control this desired behavoir.
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17-- Fixed but unclosed things
18#25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are?
19#22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist)
20 Summary: Feature request
21 Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option
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22#21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found.
23 Status: Fixed in 0.3.0
24#22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option
25#22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt?
26 Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a
27 removable media for another computer
28 Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point
b2e465d6 29 that it is doable by using a separate configuration file and
4cd3a808 30 the -c option
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31#27601: srange errors from dselect
32 Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source
33 Status: Require status file
34 Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducable w/ given
35 status file
36#27841: apt: apt depends on a missing library
37 Status: New versions of APT in slink have been compiled with libstdc++2.9
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38#23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice
39 Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration
40 file
41 Done - Use Acquire::http::proxy::host.com="DIRECT"
42#25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections
43 Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some
44 parameters
45 Done - Use Acquire::Queue-Mode="access"
46#25019: apt: Confusing progress report
47 Summary: Gripes about the progress meter
48 Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get.
49 The GUI will naturally be better
50 I think the new progress meter address basically everyone's
51 concerns.
52#25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking
53 Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated
54 Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design,
55 probably won't make the GUI either.
56 Wee, the new acquire code allows this, it now prints out 'Hit'
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57#26019: apt may report wrong line speed
58#26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist)
59#28778: apt: apt's fetched message is wrong for update of packages files
60 Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its
61 calculations
62 Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code
63 And it actually was fixed with the new acquire code
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64#26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity
65 Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash
66 Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least
67 Status: I have no idea why.
68 Seems to be gone in .3, whatever it was...
69#25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed
70 Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even
71 though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in
72 0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be
73 configurable..
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74#28391: apt-get install without upgrading
75 Summary: Make install leave the package in the keep state if it is already
76 installed
77 Status: Will be implemented in 0.3.0
78 Try the --no-upgrade options
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79#28373: apt package is missing information on ftp.conf
80#29293: apt: Docs reference apt(8) but apt(8) not provided.
81 Summary: The man pages have references to several non-existent items,
82 ftp.conf is only one of them.
83 Status: Fix the man pages. This certainly will be done in 0.3.0
84#24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect
85 Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect
86 Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can
87 be put there.
88 There is already an APT_CONFIG in 0.3, APT_OPTIONS may also
89 appear..
90 Use Dselect::Options "-d" and others
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91#29920: Wish for more verbosity on "has no installation candidate"
92 Summary: More reports
93 Status: Already fixed in .3
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94#29382: apt: apt deletes packages after installation without any question
95 Summary: Obvois.
96 Status: Fixed in .3, use Dselect::Clean "prompt"
97#30027: apt: version comparison bug
98 Summary: Version compare differs from dpkg
99 Status: Fixed in all CVS versions.
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100#30260: apt: wishlist: do not return to main menu without prompting for return
101 Summary: Wants to prompt after dselect update
102 Status: Fixed in v3, use dselect::promptafterupdate "true";
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103#29441: documenting the codes for -s
104 Summary: Apparently the simulation output is not immediately obvois
105 Status: Someone should update the man page.
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106#24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh
107 Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long
108 Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable
109 caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing
110 the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would
111 completely disable the cache which may not be desired.
112 APT now sends a max age header. See the apt.conf(5)
113#28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages
114 Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package
115 Status: I belive this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution
116 is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685
117 is fixed with a configuration directive.
118 Use -o acquire::http::no-cache=true
119#29351: poor error message after conffile update
120 Summary: APT errors when the package file is not found
121 Status: The new APT warns better and the error is not fatal
122#30112: apt: internal error in apt
123 Summary: APT gives an unclear error when it cannot correct dependencies
124 Status: Error is clearer
125#30324: apt-get lying about file dates in /var/state/apt/lists
126 Summary: Doesn't copy the file dates right with file URIs
127 Status: Fixed in v3
128#30383: apt: dist-upgrade msg "E: Internal error, ScoredFix generated breaks."
129 Summary: libc6 maddness causes bizzar problems
130 Status: Fixed in v3
131#29983: apt: Wrong diagnostic, could be better
132 Summary: It doesn't explicy say you should be root
133 Status: Fixed in v3
134#22892: Apt improvements
135 Summary: Bails if an index file can't be found
136 Status: Fixed in v3
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137#28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors
138 Summary: Make use of redundant sources
139 Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.
140#27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail
141 Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation
142 Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted
143 by the apt-query program which should be written.
144 Use the dselect script, alias or something.
145#26663: rsync file access
146 Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be
147 a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode'
148 support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs
149 via http)
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150#27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental
151 Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
152 Honors the NotAutomatic flag
153#30643: base: apt-get update problems with http-/ftp-caches (i.e. squid)
154 Status: Fixed as best I can. Try the Acquire::http::No-Cache option.
155
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156-- Silly things
157#26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
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159 Summary: SunOS ftpd does not support the SIZE command
160 Status: Probably not worth fixing
161#20723: Apt suggestion
162 Summary: Package Grouping Mechanism
163 Status: Who knows
164#22550: apt-get upgrade could configure packages earlier
165 Status: Who knows
166#23934: apt-get source <package>
167#27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist)
168 Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives.
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4cd3a808 170 Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
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171#30237: apt: 0.1.9 checks dependencies against packages.gz
172 Summary: For packages with identical version numbers APT prefers
173 to use the archive index files
174 Status: Yes it is sorta bad, but there is no reasonable solution.