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 #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.
  16
  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
  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
  29          that it is doable by using a separate configuration file and
  30          the -c option
  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 reproducible 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
  38 #23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice
  39  Status: Planned 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'
  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
  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..
  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
  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 environment 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
  91 #29920: Wish for more verbosity on "has no installation candidate"
  92  Summary: More reports
  93  Status: Already fixed in .3
  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.
 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";
 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.
 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 believe 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
 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)
 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
 156 -- Silly things
 157 #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
 158 #29903: apt-get insists onto sending a SIZE command
 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.
 169 #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y
 170  Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
 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.