Ubuntu
dpkg package

Describes packages as "previously deselected" when they never were

Bug #810676 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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dpkg
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dpkg (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Ubuntu Ocelot alpha 2 (but this bug goes back as far as I can remember)

1. Install Ubuntu.
2. In your brand new Ubuntu installation, install something from the Terminal, e.g. "apt-get install bzr".

What you see:
...
Fetched 3,163 kB in 0s (7,114 kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package python-configobj.
(Reading database ... 150133 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-configobj (from .../python-configobj_4.7.2+ds-3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-bzrlib.
Unpacking python-bzrlib (from .../python-bzrlib_2.4.0~beta4-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package bzr.
Unpacking bzr (from .../bzr_2.4.0~beta4-4ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package patch.
Unpacking patch (from .../patch_2.6.1-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package bzrtools.
Unpacking bzrtools (from .../bzrtools_2.4.0~bzr767-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python-paramiko.
Unpacking python-paramiko (from .../python-paramiko_1.7.7.1-1_all.deb) ...
...

What you should see: apt shouldn't claim that a package was "previously deselected" when it never was.

Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
David Kalnischkies (donkult) wrote :

It's dpkg who emits this sentence, so lets reassign it.

affects: apt (Ubuntu) → dpkg (Ubuntu)
Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini)
Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog) wrote :

It's already fixed in the upstream git repository, see the changelog entry.

  * Use “unselected” as an adjective in dpkg output messages instead of
    “deselected”. Closes: #231089

http://bugs.debian.org/231089

Revision history for this message
Joe Burgess (joemburgess) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug in the upstream bug tracking system this is a tremendous help. Launchpad has the ability to watch lots of upstream bug trackers and this can be done by following the procedure documented at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Watches. I've added the bug watch for this bug report.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in dpkg:
status: Unknown → New
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in dpkg:
status: New → Fix Committed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in dpkg:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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