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 #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
  13 #22892: Apt improvements
  14 #28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors
  15  Summary: Make use of redundant sources
  16  Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.
  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.
  26
  27 -- Fixed but unclosed things
  28 #25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are?
  29 #22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist)
  30  Summary: Feature request
  31  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option
  32 #21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found.
  33  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0
  34 #22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option
  35 #22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt?
  36  Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a
  37           removable media for another computer
  38  Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point
  39          that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and
  40          the -c option
  41 #27601: srange errors from dselect
  42  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source
  43  Status: Require status file
  44          Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducable w/ given
  45          status file
  46 #27841: apt: apt depends on a missing library
  47  Status: New versions of APT in slink have been compiled with libstdc++2.9
  48 #23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice
  49  Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration
  50          file
  51          Done - Use Acquire::http::proxy::host.com="DIRECT"
  52 #25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections
  53  Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some
  54          parameters
  55          Done - Use Acquire::Queue-Mode="access"
  56 #25019: apt: Confusing progress report
  57  Summary: Gripes about the progress meter
  58  Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get.
  59          The GUI will naturally be better
  60          I think the new progress meter address basically everyone's
  61          concerns.
  62 #25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking
  63  Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated
  64  Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design,
  65          probably won't make the GUI either.
  66          Wee, the new acquire code allows this, it now prints out 'Hit'
  67 #26019: apt may report wrong line speed
  68 #26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist)
  69 #28778: apt: apt's fetched message is wrong for update of packages files
  70  Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its
  71           calculations
  72  Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code
  73          And it actually was fixed with the new acquire code
  74 #26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity
  75  Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash
  76           Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least
  77  Status: I have no idea why.
  78          Seems to be gone in .3, whatever it was...
  79 #25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed
  80  Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even
  81          though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in
  82          0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be
  83          configurable..
  84 #28391: apt-get install without upgrading
  85  Summary: Make install leave the package in the keep state if it is already
  86           installed
  87  Status: Will be implemented in 0.3.0
  88          Try the --no-upgrade options
  89 #28373: apt package is missing information on ftp.conf
  90 #29293: apt: Docs reference apt(8) but apt(8) not provided.
  91  Summary: The man pages have references to several non-existent items,
  92           ftp.conf is only one of them.
  93  Status: Fix the man pages. This certainly will be done in 0.3.0
  94 #24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect
  95  Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect
  96  Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can
  97          be put there.
  98          There is already an APT_CONFIG in 0.3, APT_OPTIONS may also
  99          appear..
 100          Use Dselect::Options "-d" and others
 101 #29920: Wish for more verbosity on "has no installation candidate"
 102  Summary: More reports
 103  Status: Already fixed in .3
 104 #29382: apt: apt deletes packages after installation without any question
 105  Summary: Obvois.
 106  Status: Fixed in .3, use Dselect::Clean "prompt"
 107 #30027: apt: version comparison bug
 108  Summary: Version compare differs from dpkg
 109  Status: Fixed in all CVS versions.
 110 #30260: apt: wishlist: do not return to main menu without prompting for return
 111  Summary: Wants to prompt after dselect update
 112  Status: Fixed in v3, use dselect::promptafterupdate "true";
 113 #29441: documenting the codes for -s
 114  Summary: Apparently the simulation output is not immediately obvois
 115  Status: Someone should update the man page.
 116
 117 -- Silly things
 118 #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
 119 #29903: apt-get insists onto sending a SIZE command
 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.
 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
 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.