X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/ded8766eeaff8d2e7e7fc0ff29aca25269a08313..a17482f89b636a52aacc57776bfc8041cf4da508:/doc/Bugs diff --git a/doc/Bugs b/doc/Bugs index 8fdaf9198..d584dce49 100644 --- a/doc/Bugs +++ b/doc/Bugs @@ -2,18 +2,8 @@ #24000: Bug in apt Version: 0.0.17-1bo0 Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source for a package Status: Require Status file. -#24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh - Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long - Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable - caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing - the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would - completely disable the cache which may not be desired. #24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies Status: Requires dpkg modifications -#22892: Apt improvements -#28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors - Summary: Make use of redundant sources - Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored. #25104: APT should retry failed downloads Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism @@ -36,17 +26,17 @@ Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a removable media for another computer Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point - that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and + that it is doable by using a separate configuration file and the -c option #27601: srange errors from dselect Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source Status: Require status file - Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducable w/ given + Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducible w/ given status file #27841: apt: apt depends on a missing library Status: New versions of APT in slink have been compiled with libstdc++2.9 #23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice - Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration + Status: Planned to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration file Done - Use Acquire::http::proxy::host.com="DIRECT" #25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections @@ -93,7 +83,7 @@ Status: Fix the man pages. This certainly will be done in 0.3.0 #24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect - Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can + Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS environment variable will be created, -d can be put there. There is already an APT_CONFIG in 0.3, APT_OPTIONS may also appear.. @@ -113,7 +103,56 @@ #29441: documenting the codes for -s Summary: Apparently the simulation output is not immediately obvois Status: Someone should update the man page. - +#24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh + Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long + Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable + caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing + the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would + completely disable the cache which may not be desired. + APT now sends a max age header. See the apt.conf(5) +#28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages + Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package + Status: I believe this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution + is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685 + is fixed with a configuration directive. + Use -o acquire::http::no-cache=true +#29351: poor error message after conffile update + Summary: APT errors when the package file is not found + Status: The new APT warns better and the error is not fatal +#30112: apt: internal error in apt + Summary: APT gives an unclear error when it cannot correct dependencies + Status: Error is clearer +#30324: apt-get lying about file dates in /var/state/apt/lists + Summary: Doesn't copy the file dates right with file URIs + Status: Fixed in v3 +#30383: apt: dist-upgrade msg "E: Internal error, ScoredFix generated breaks." + Summary: libc6 maddness causes bizzar problems + Status: Fixed in v3 +#29983: apt: Wrong diagnostic, could be better + Summary: It doesn't explicy say you should be root + Status: Fixed in v3 +#22892: Apt improvements + Summary: Bails if an index file can't be found + Status: Fixed in v3 +#28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors + Summary: Make use of redundant sources + Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored. +#27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail + Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation + Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted + by the apt-query program which should be written. + Use the dselect script, alias or something. +#26663: rsync file access + Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be + a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode' + support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs + via http) +#27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental + Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning + Honors the NotAutomatic flag +#30643: base: apt-get update problems with http-/ftp-caches (i.e. squid) + Status: Fixed as best I can. Try the Acquire::http::No-Cache option. + -- Silly things #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6 #29903: apt-get insists onto sending a SIZE command @@ -127,20 +166,9 @@ #23934: apt-get source #27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist) Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives. -#26663: rsync file access - Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be - a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode' - support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs - via http) #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y -#27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning -#28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages - Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package - Status: I belive this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution - is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685 - is fixed with a configuration directive. -#27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail - Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation - Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted - by the apt-query program which should be written. +#30237: apt: 0.1.9 checks dependencies against packages.gz + Summary: For packages with identical version numbers APT prefers + to use the archive index files + Status: Yes it is sorta bad, but there is no reasonable solution.