[Bug 884945] Re: aptitude show wrong package state

Hegh celloman at gmail.com
Tue Mar 13 17:01:52 UTC 2012


Here is another data point, as this is affecting me: Depending on the
search it displays 'p' or 'i', and when you show it displays
'installed':


jonathan at kripke:~$ aptitude search xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
i   xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod                                                 - BSOD hack from XScreenSaver                                                             
jonathan at kripke:~$ aptitude search screensaver
p   gnome-screensaver                                                             - GNOME screen saver and locker                                                           
p   gnome-screensaver-flags                                                       - Screensaver for GNOME with flags of the world.                                          
p   kscreensaver                                                                  - Additional screensavers for KScreenSaver                                                
p   kscreensaver-xsavers                                                          - xscreensaver support for KScreenSaver                                                   
p   kscreensaver-xsavers-extra                                                    - universe xscreensaver support                                                           
p   kscreensaver-xsavers-webcollage                                               - webcollage screensaver support for KScreenSaver                                         
p   libkscreensaver5                                                              - library of the KDE Screensaver system                                                   
p   libopengl-xscreensaver-perl                                                   - Perl module for writing OpenGL-based XScreenSaver hacks                                 
p   libxcb-screensaver0                                                           - X C Binding, screensaver extension                                                      
p   libxcb-screensaver0-dbg                                                       - X C Binding, screensaver extension, debugging symbols                                   
p   libxcb-screensaver0-dev                                                       - X C Binding, screensaver extension, development files                                   
p   screensaver-default-images                                                    - Wallpapers for image processing screensavers                                            
p   ubuntustudio-screensaver                                                      - Ubuntu Studio screensaver                                                               
p   unicode-screensaver                                                           - screensaver displaying unicode characters                                               
p   xscreensaver                                                                  - Automatic screensaver for X                                                             
p   xscreensaver-data                                                             - data files to be shared among screensaver frontends                                     
p   xscreensaver-data-extra                                                       - data files to be shared among screensaver frontends                                     
p   xscreensaver-gl                                                               - GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver                                                  
p   xscreensaver-gl-extra                                                         - GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver                                                  
p   xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod                                                 - BSOD hack from XScreenSaver                                                             
p   xscreensaver-screensaver-dizzy                                                - Graphics demo that makes you dizzy (XScreenSaver hack)                                  
p   xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage                                           - Webcollage hack from XScreenSaver                                                       
jonathan at kripke:~$ aptitude show xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
Package: xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod   
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 5.14-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 553 k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libx11-6, libxext6, libxmu6, libxt6, xscreensaver-data-extra
Conflicts: xscreensaver-data-extra (< 5.10-4), xscreensaver-data-extra (< 5.10-4), xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
Replaces: xscreensaver-data-extra (< 5.10-4), xscreensaver-data-extra (< 5.10-4)
Description: BSOD hack from XScreenSaver
 This package ships the hack BSOD that shows the popular Blue Screens of Death from several OSes including BSD, Windows, Linux, Solaris, Apple and much more. 
 
 WARNING: This screensaver could be confused with a real BSOD and could lead an user to reboot the machine with consequences like data loss.
Homepage: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/


And here is my release info:

jonathan at kripke:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 11.10
Release:        11.10
Codename:       oneiric


And the aptitude version:

jonathan at kripke:~$ aptitude show aptitude
Package: aptitude                        
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.6.4-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Uncompressed Size: 7,188 k
Depends: libapt-pkg4.11 (>= 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu1), libboost-iostreams1.46.1 (>= 1.46.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcwidget3, libept1, libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libncursesw5 (>=
         5.6+20070908), libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.5), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6), libxapian22
Recommends: sensible-utils, apt-xapian-index, libparse-debianchangelog-perl
Suggests: aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc, tasksel, debtags
Conflicts: ia32-apt-get (< 22), ia32-apt-get (< 22), aptitude
Description: terminal-based package manager (terminal interface only)
 aptitude is a package manager with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user
 actions, the ability to retrieve and display the Debian changelog of most packages, and a command-line mode similar to that of apt-get. 
 
 aptitude is also Y2K-compliant, non-fattening, naturally cleansing, and housebroken. 
 
 This package contains a version of aptitude compiled with only the classic terminal-based interface (using curses).  For an experimental graphical interface, see the
 package aptitude-gtk.

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Title:
  aptitude show wrong package state

Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Cant to see installed packages in aptitude search:

  [aslok at 3r]2011.11.01-23:32:06:~$ sudo aptitude search vlc
  p   libvlc-dev                                                                             - development files for libvlc
  p   libvlc5                                                                                - multimedia player and streamer library
  p   libvlccore-dev                                                                         - development files for libvlccore
  p   libvlccore4                                                                            - base library for VLC and its modules
  p   mozilla-plugin-vlc                                                                     - multimedia plugin for web browsers based on VLC
  p   phonon-backend-vlc                                                                     - Phonon VLC backend
  p   phonon-backend-vlc-dbg                                                                 - Phonon VLC backend debugging symbols
  p   remuco-vlc                                                                             - duplex remote control for media players - VLC adapter
  i   vlc                                                                                    - multimedia player and streamer
  i   vlc-data                                                                               - Common data for VLC
  p   vlc-dbg                                                                                - debugging symbols for vlc
  p   vlc-nox                                                                                - multimedia player and streamer (without X support)
  p   vlc-plugin-fluidsynth                                                                  - FluidSynth plugin for VLC
  p   vlc-plugin-ggi                                                                         - GGI video output plugin for VLC
  p   vlc-plugin-jack                                                                        - Jack audio plugins for VLC
  i   vlc-plugin-notify                                                                      - LibNotify plugin for VLC
  i   vlc-plugin-pulse                                                                       - PulseAudio plugin for VLC
  p   vlc-plugin-sdl                                                                         - SDL video and audio output plugin for VLC
  p   vlc-plugin-svg                                                                         - SVG plugin for VLC
  p   vlc-plugin-svgalib                                                                     - SVGAlib video output plugin for VLC
  p   vlc-plugin-zvbi                                                                        - VBI teletext plugin for VLC

  [aslok at 3r]2011.11.01-23:32:22:~$ sudo aptitude search ~ivlc
  i   libvlc5                                                                                - multimedia player and streamer library
  i   libvlccore4                                                                            - base library for VLC and its modules
  i   phonon-backend-vlc                                                                     - Phonon VLC backend
  i   vlc                                                                                    - multimedia player and streamer
  i   vlc-data                                                                               - Common data for VLC
  i   vlc-nox                                                                                - multimedia player and streamer (without X support)
  i   vlc-plugin-notify                                                                      - LibNotify plugin for VLC
  i   vlc-plugin-pulse                                                                       - PulseAudio plugin for VLC
  [aslok at 3r]2011.11.01-23:32:27:~$

  On first search without any pattern can to see:
  p   libvlc5                                                                                - multimedia player and streamer library
  p   libvlccore4                                                                            - base library for VLC and its modules
  p   phonon-backend-vlc                                                                     - Phonon VLC backend

  But this packeges installed and working. For get info about this
  packages need to use pattern ~i

  I did try to remove, purge, reinstall and reconfigure - without result
  =(

  More info:

  [aslok at 3r]2011.11.04-14:20:06:~$ lsb_release -a
  LSB Version:    core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 11.10
  Release:        11.10
  Codename:       oneiric

  [aslok at 3r]2011.11.04-14:20:12:~$ sudo aptitude --help | head -n1
  aptitude 0.6.4

  [aslok at 3r]2011.11.04-14:20:21:~$ apt -version
  apt 1.6.0_23

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