doc/Bugs

   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.
   5 #26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity
   6  Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash
   7           Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least
   8  Status: I have no idea why.
   9 #24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh
  10  Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long
  11  Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable
  12          caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing
  13          the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would
  14          completely disable the cache which may not be desired.
  15 #24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies
  16  Status: Requires dpkg modifications
  17 #25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed
  18  Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even
  19          though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in
  20          0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be
  21          configurable..
  22 #22892: Apt improvements
  23 #28184: apt could be smarted regarding mirrors
  24  Summary: Make use of redundant sources
  25  Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.
  26 #24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect
  27  Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect
  28  Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can
  29          be put there.
  30          There is already an APT_CONFIG in 0.3, APT_OPTIONS may also
  31          appear..
  32 #25104: APT should retry failed downloads
  33  Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers
  34  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
  35          to control this desired behavoir.
  36 #25176: Problem with FTP/firewall
  37 #25458: Problem with FTP/firewall
  38  Summary: FTP method has no controls for firewalls
  39  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
  40          to control this desired behavoir.
  41 #28373: apt package is missing information on ftp.conf
  42 #29293: apt: Docs reference apt(8) but apt(8) not provided.
  43  Summary: The man pages have references to several non-existent items,
  44           ftp.conf is only one of them.
  45  Status: Fix the man pages. This certainly will be done in 0.3.0
  46 #28391: apt-get install without upgrading
  47  Summary: Make install leave the package in the keep state if it is already
  48           installed
  49  Status: Will be implemented in 0.3.0
  50
  51 -- Fixed but unclosed things
  52 #25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are?
  53 #22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist)
  54  Summary: Feature request
  55  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option
  56 #21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found.
  57  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0
  58 #22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option
  59 #22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt?
  60  Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a
  61           removable media for another computer
  62  Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point
  63          that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and
  64          the -c option
  65 #27601: srange errors from dselect
  66  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source
  67  Status: Require status file
  68          Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducable w/ given
  69          status file
  70 #27841: apt: apt depends on a missing library
  71  Status: New versions of APT in slink have been compiled with libstdc++2.9
  72 #23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice
  73  Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration
  74          file
  75          Done - Use Acquire::http::proxy::host.com="DIRECT"
  76 #25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections
  77  Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some
  78          parameters
  79          Done - Use Acquire::Queue-Mode="access"
  80 #25019: apt: Confusing progress report
  81  Summary: Gripes about the progress meter
  82  Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get.
  83          The GUI will naturally be better
  84          I think the new progress meter address basically everyone's
  85          concerns.
  86 #25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking
  87  Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated
  88  Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design,
  89          probably won't make the GUI either.
  90          Wee, the new acquire code allows this, it now prints out 'Hit'
  91 #26019: apt may report wrong line speed
  92 #26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist)
  93 #28778: apt: apt's fetched message is wrong for update of packages files
  94  Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its
  95           calculations
  96  Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code
  97          And it actually was fixed with the new acquire code
  98
  99 -- Silly things
 100 #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
 101  Summary: SunOS ftpd does not support the SIZE command
 102  Status: Probably not worth fixing
 103 #20723: Apt suggestion
 104  Summary: Package Grouping Mechanism
 105  Status: Who knows
 106 #22550: apt-get upgrade could configure packages earlier
 107  Status: Who knows
 108 #23934: apt-get source <package>
 109 #27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist)
 110  Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives.
 111 #26663: rsync file access
 112  Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be
 113          a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode'
 114          support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs
 115          via http)
 116 #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y
 117 #27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental
 118  Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
 119 #28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages
 120  Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package
 121  Status: I belive this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution
 122          is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685
 123          is fixed with a configuration directive.
 124 #27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail
 125  Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation
 126  Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted
 127          by the apt-query program which should be written.