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 #24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies
   6  Status: Requires dpkg modifications
   7 #28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors
   8  Summary: Make use of redundant sources
   9  Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.
  10 #25104: APT should retry failed downloads
  11  Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers
  12  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
  13          to control this desired behavoir.
  14 #25176: Problem with FTP/firewall
  15 #25458: Problem with FTP/firewall
  16  Summary: FTP method has no controls for firewalls
  17  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
  18          to control this desired behavoir.
  19
  20 -- Fixed but unclosed things
  21 #25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are?
  22 #22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist)
  23  Summary: Feature request
  24  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option
  25 #21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found.
  26  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0
  27 #22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option
  28 #22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt?
  29  Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a
  30           removable media for another computer
  31  Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point
  32          that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and
  33          the -c option
  34 #27601: srange errors from dselect
  35  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source
  36  Status: Require status file
  37          Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducable w/ given
  38          status file
  39 #27841: apt: apt depends on a missing library
  40  Status: New versions of APT in slink have been compiled with libstdc++2.9
  41 #23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice
  42  Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration
  43          file
  44          Done - Use Acquire::http::proxy::host.com="DIRECT"
  45 #25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections
  46  Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some
  47          parameters
  48          Done - Use Acquire::Queue-Mode="access"
  49 #25019: apt: Confusing progress report
  50  Summary: Gripes about the progress meter
  51  Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get.
  52          The GUI will naturally be better
  53          I think the new progress meter address basically everyone's
  54          concerns.
  55 #25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking
  56  Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated
  57  Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design,
  58          probably won't make the GUI either.
  59          Wee, the new acquire code allows this, it now prints out 'Hit'
  60 #26019: apt may report wrong line speed
  61 #26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist)
  62 #28778: apt: apt's fetched message is wrong for update of packages files
  63  Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its
  64           calculations
  65  Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code
  66          And it actually was fixed with the new acquire code
  67 #26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity
  68  Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash
  69           Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least
  70  Status: I have no idea why.
  71          Seems to be gone in .3, whatever it was...
  72 #25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed
  73  Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even
  74          though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in
  75          0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be
  76          configurable..
  77 #28391: apt-get install without upgrading
  78  Summary: Make install leave the package in the keep state if it is already
  79           installed
  80  Status: Will be implemented in 0.3.0
  81          Try the --no-upgrade options
  82 #28373: apt package is missing information on ftp.conf
  83 #29293: apt: Docs reference apt(8) but apt(8) not provided.
  84  Summary: The man pages have references to several non-existent items,
  85           ftp.conf is only one of them.
  86  Status: Fix the man pages. This certainly will be done in 0.3.0
  87 #24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect
  88  Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect
  89  Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can
  90          be put there.
  91          There is already an APT_CONFIG in 0.3, APT_OPTIONS may also
  92          appear..
  93          Use Dselect::Options "-d" and others
  94 #29920: Wish for more verbosity on "has no installation candidate"
  95  Summary: More reports
  96  Status: Already fixed in .3
  97 #29382: apt: apt deletes packages after installation without any question
  98  Summary: Obvois.
  99  Status: Fixed in .3, use Dselect::Clean "prompt"
 100 #30027: apt: version comparison bug
 101  Summary: Version compare differs from dpkg
 102  Status: Fixed in all CVS versions.
 103 #30260: apt: wishlist: do not return to main menu without prompting for return
 104  Summary: Wants to prompt after dselect update
 105  Status: Fixed in v3, use dselect::promptafterupdate "true";
 106 #29441: documenting the codes for -s
 107  Summary: Apparently the simulation output is not immediately obvois
 108  Status: Someone should update the man page.
 109 #24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh
 110  Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long
 111  Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable
 112          caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing
 113          the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would
 114          completely disable the cache which may not be desired.
 115          APT now sends a max age header. See the apt.conf(5)
 116 #28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages
 117  Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package
 118  Status: I belive this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution
 119          is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685
 120          is fixed with a configuration directive.
 121          Use -o acquire::http::no-cache=true
 122 #29351: poor error message after conffile update
 123  Summary: APT errors when the package file is not found
 124  Status: The new APT warns better and the error is not fatal
 125 #30112: apt: internal error in apt
 126  Summary: APT gives an unclear error when it cannot correct dependencies
 127  Status: Error is clearer
 128 #30324: apt-get lying about file dates in /var/state/apt/lists
 129  Summary: Doesn't copy the file dates right with file URIs
 130  Status: Fixed in v3
 131 #30383: apt: dist-upgrade msg "E: Internal error, ScoredFix generated breaks."
 132  Summary: libc6 maddness causes bizzar problems
 133  Status: Fixed in v3
 134 #29983: apt: Wrong diagnostic, could be better
 135  Summary: It doesn't explicy say you should be root
 136  Status: Fixed in v3
 137 #22892: Apt improvements
 138  Summary: Bails if an index file can't be found
 139  Status: Fixed in v3
 140
 141 -- Silly things
 142 #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
 143 #29903: apt-get insists onto sending a SIZE command
 144  Summary: SunOS ftpd does not support the SIZE command
 145  Status: Probably not worth fixing
 146 #20723: Apt suggestion
 147  Summary: Package Grouping Mechanism
 148  Status: Who knows
 149 #22550: apt-get upgrade could configure packages earlier
 150  Status: Who knows
 151 #23934: apt-get source <package>
 152 #27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist)
 153  Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives.
 154 #26663: rsync file access
 155  Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be
 156          a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode'
 157          support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs
 158          via http)
 159 #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y
 160 #27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental
 161  Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
 162 #27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail
 163  Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation
 164  Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted
 165          by the apt-query program which should be written.
 166 #30237: apt: 0.1.9 checks dependencies against packages.gz
 167  Summary: For packages with identical version numbers APT prefers
 168           to use the archive index files
 169  Status: Yes it is sorta bad, but there is no reasonable solution.