[Bug 953346] [NEW] library packages exist in a state of quantum superposition

[Steve Langasek]

Public bug reported:

When I run 'sudo apt-get  dist-upgrade', I see this:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libcrystalhd3 libfaac0 libva-glx1
The following packages have been kept back:
  mythtv-common mythtv-frontend
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/103 kB of archives.
After this operation, 307 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 

If I install the packages and then run 'apt-get autoremove --purge', I
see this:

The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libcrystalhd3* libfaac0* libva-glx1*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 307 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 

These libraries appear to be dependencies of the new libmyth-0.25-0
library package.  mythtv is on hold here because there's no stable
protocol, so client and server versions have to be kept in sync.  Not
sure why apt is trying to install the dependencies anyway.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 017452a27eca3c8b498abbfa5ef91db9
CheckboxSystem: ecaaad6fa1e0799a0aa1126bf620f39e
Date: Mon Mar 12 12:31:35 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (124 days ago)

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise

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Title:
  library packages exist in a state of quantum superposition

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I run 'sudo apt-get  dist-upgrade', I see this:

  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    libcrystalhd3 libfaac0 libva-glx1
  The following packages have been kept back:
    mythtv-common mythtv-frontend
  0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/103 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 307 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 

  If I install the packages and then run 'apt-get autoremove --purge', I
  see this:

  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    libcrystalhd3* libfaac0* libva-glx1*
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
  After this operation, 307 kB disk space will be freed.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 

  These libraries appear to be dependencies of the new libmyth-0.25-0
  library package.  mythtv is on hold here because there's no stable
  protocol, so client and server versions have to be kept in sync.  Not
  sure why apt is trying to install the dependencies anyway.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: 017452a27eca3c8b498abbfa5ef91db9
  CheckboxSystem: ecaaad6fa1e0799a0aa1126bf620f39e
  Date: Mon Mar 12 12:31:35 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-08 (124 days ago)

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