Packages have been kept back -- What to do?

[Kipton Moravec]

On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 09:29 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Friday 30 June 2006 07:58, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> 
> > /etc/apt/sources.list is not there. On mine I found the following file
> > at
> > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sources.list. Is that the problem?
> >
> That is different than mine, but I installed fresh, not upgraded.  On mine the 
> directory is there, but empty and sources.list is in etc/apt as one 
> traditionally expects. The version of apt used by Dapper added this 
> directory:
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=66325
> 

I looked at it again and /etc/apt/sources.list is there
and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ is empty. I think I am going crazy!

> I don't think this is a problem, but am not certain.  It seemed to me from 
> your original message that you are getting some updates, just not these 
> particular ones.  If that's the case, then the location of the file is 
> definitely not an issue.  If you've never gotten any updates since you 
> upgraded, then maybe this is a problem.

Everything else updates. These 4 do not.

> 
> > ------------------------
> > deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
> >
> > ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
> > ## repository.
> > ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> > ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> > ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> > ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
> > ## team.
> > deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe main restricted
> > multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
> >
> > deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main restricted
> > universe deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-security main
> > restricted
> >
> Did these get wrapped strangely after you sent them or are they this way in 
> the file?  Each line should start deb http://... or deb-src http://...
> >
> > # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Release i386 (20051012)]/ breezy
> > main restricted deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main
> > restricted universe
> >
> Same question here.
> > ----------------------------
> > The archive points to a different server, and there are more qualifiers. 
> > Do I need to comment out my lines and change them to what you have? Why
> > would it be different and in a different place? Did you modify your lines
> > from what came with the package?
> >
> What I showed you is what was installed.  The only changes I made were to 
> remove comment '#' to enable the extended repositories.  The server names are 
> locale dependent, so I think that is unlikely to be an issue.
> 
> > Next step look in the /var/log/dpkg.log
> > 2006-06-10 16:44:14 install gdk-imlib11 <none> 1.9.14-29ubuntu1
> > 2006-06-10 16:44:14 status half-installed gdk-imlib11 1.9.14-29ubuntu1
> > 2006-06-10 16:44:14 status unpacked gdk-imlib11 1.9.14-29ubuntu1
> > 2006-06-10 16:44:14 status unpacked gdk-imlib11 1.9.14-29ubuntu1
> >
> > 2006-06-10 17:34:28 status unpacked gdk-imlib11 1.9.14-29ubuntu1
> > 2006-06-10 17:34:28 status half-configured gdk-imlib11 1.9.14-29ubuntu1
> > 2006-06-10 17:34:28 status installed gdk-imlib11 1.9.14-29ubuntu1
> >
> > I just noticed it is looking for gdk-imlib1 and gdk-imlib11 was installed.
> > There are no other lines in the file with just gdk-imlib1.
> >
> In Dapper, gdk-imlib1 is a compatibility package for gdk-imlib11 and isn't 
> actually used any more:
> 
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/oldlibs/gdk-imlib1
> 
> > libkrb5-17-heimdal string is in the file at all.
> > libopenal0 string is not in the file either.
> >
> > Searching for moagg
> > 2006-06-10 17:00:46 upgrade moaggedit 0.5-1build1 0.5-2
> > 2006-06-10 17:00:46 status half-configured moaggedit 0.5-1build1
> > 2006-06-10 17:00:46 status unpacked moaggedit 0.5-1build1
> > 2006-06-10 17:00:46 status half-installed moaggedit 0.5-1build1
> > 2006-06-10 17:00:46 status half-installed moaggedit 0.5-1build1
> > 2006-06-10 17:00:46 status unpacked moaggedit 0.5-2
> > 2006-06-10 17:00:46 status unpacked moaggedit 0.5-2
> >
> > 2006-06-10 17:37:19 status unpacked moaggedit 0.5-2
> > 2006-06-10 17:37:19 status unpacked moaggedit 0.5-2
> > 2006-06-10 17:37:19 status half-configured moaggedit 0.5-2
> > 2006-06-10 17:37:19 status installed moaggedit 0.5-2
> >
> > So I am guessing it found moaggedit not moagg
> >
> > I searched for the word "error" and there are no cases other than part of a
> > package name.
> >
> It looks to me like apt is unable to find the updated packages.  
> 
> If the questions I had above about line wrapping were not the result your 
> sources.list file getting corrupted in transmission, then I'd fix those, su 
> apt-get update, and then try to upgrade again.

The line wrapping happened in the email, not the file. The file is
wrapped correctly.

> 
> If the questions I had above about line wrapping were the result your 
> sources.list file getting corrupted in transmission, then what I would 
> suggest doing is trying to install the four packages (e.g. su apt-get 
> install ...).  
> 
> One other thought, you can probably remove the one compatibility package (be 
> careful if you try this).  First try su apt-get -s remove gdk-imlib1.  Note 
> the -s.  This makes it a simulation.  Pay close attention to what it says it 
> would do.  If it says it will only remove the 1 package, then it ought to be 
> safe.  If it says it is going to remove several packages, then don't do it 
> again for real.
> 
> If none of that helps, I probably ought to let someone who upgraded give you a 
> hand.
> 
> Scott K
> 

I think Dave Carrigan suggestion is working. He said to install each one
individually. 


-- 
Kipton Moravec <kip at kdream.com>