Activity log for bug #1589204

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2016-06-05 08:01:41 Colin Law bug added bug
2016-06-05 09:38:54 Colin Law description I have the situation where a package cannot be upgraded because of missing dependencies. However sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and sudo apt full-upgrade and sudo apt upgrade all show 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. Only sudo apt upgrade shows 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 1 not to upgrade. I believe all of the above commands should show that 1 cannot be upgraded. This bug is not about the particular package I am trying to install, but about the way apt reports the problem. The details, for reference, are that I am trying to upgrade mosquitto from the mosquitto ppa. After apt-get update I see $ apt-cache policy mosquitto mosquitto: Installed: 1.4.8-1build1 Candidate: 1.4.9-0mosquitto1 Version table: 1.4.9-0mosquitto1 500 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mosquitto-dev/mosquitto-ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages *** 1.4.8-1build1 500 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status but if I try to manually install mosquitto I get The following packages have unmet dependencies. mosquitto : Depends: libwebsockets3 (>= 1.2) but it is not installable and $ apt-cache policy libwebsockets3 libwebsockets3: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Due to the fact that libwebsockets3 is not available for Xenial. As I said this bug is not about the problem with this particular package but about the fact that apt does not report that there is a package to be upgraded, but it cannot be done. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Jun 5 08:45:33 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-21 (592 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20141017) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-06 (90 days ago) I have the situation where a package cannot be upgraded because of missing dependencies. However sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and sudo apt full-upgrade and sudo apt upgrade all show 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. Only sudo apt-get upgrade shows 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 1 not to upgrade. I believe all of the above commands should show that 1 cannot be upgraded. This bug is not about the particular package I am trying to install, but about the way apt reports the problem. The details, for reference, are that I am trying to upgrade mosquitto from the mosquitto ppa. After apt-get update I see $ apt-cache policy mosquitto mosquitto:   Installed: 1.4.8-1build1   Candidate: 1.4.9-0mosquitto1   Version table:      1.4.9-0mosquitto1 500         500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/mosquitto-dev/mosquitto-ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages  *** 1.4.8-1build1 500         500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status but if I try to manually install mosquitto I get The following packages have unmet dependencies.  mosquitto : Depends: libwebsockets3 (>= 1.2) but it is not installable and $ apt-cache policy libwebsockets3 libwebsockets3:   Installed: (none)   Candidate: (none) Due to the fact that libwebsockets3 is not available for Xenial. As I said this bug is not about the problem with this particular package but about the fact that apt does not report that there is a package to be upgraded, but it cannot be done. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Jun 5 08:45:33 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-21 (592 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20141017) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-06 (90 days ago)
2016-07-27 04:57:47 Launchpad Janitor apt (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2016-07-27 05:07:31 Adam Conrad nominated for series Ubuntu Xenial
2016-07-27 05:07:31 Adam Conrad bug task added apt (Ubuntu Xenial)
2016-07-27 05:07:31 Adam Conrad nominated for series Ubuntu Trusty
2016-07-27 05:07:31 Adam Conrad bug task added apt (Ubuntu Trusty)
2016-07-27 23:03:47 Alberto Salvia Novella apt (Ubuntu Trusty): status New Confirmed
2016-07-27 23:03:49 Alberto Salvia Novella apt (Ubuntu Xenial): status New Confirmed
2016-07-27 23:04:12 Alberto Salvia Novella apt (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2016-07-27 23:04:13 Alberto Salvia Novella apt (Ubuntu Trusty): importance Undecided Medium
2016-07-27 23:04:15 Alberto Salvia Novella apt (Ubuntu Xenial): importance Undecided Medium
2021-03-05 19:21:42 Julian Andres Klode apt (Ubuntu Xenial): status Confirmed Won't Fix
2021-03-05 19:21:45 Julian Andres Klode apt (Ubuntu Trusty): status Confirmed Won't Fix