[php-maint] Bug#496775: Bug#496775: dist-upgrading php5 will attempt to remove apache2-mpm-worker

[Ondřej Surý]

tags 496775 +moreinfo
thank you

Hi Bjørn,

that's strange and it should not happen. Does it still happen? This
could also be caused by some other package explicitly requesting
libapache2-mod-php5 or some stranginess when installing/upgrading php5
meta-package.

Ondrej

2008/8/27 Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no>:
> Package: php5
> Version: 5.2.6-3
> Severity: minor
>
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> I am a bit unsure about this, but at least it surprised me as a user so
> an explanation could be needed.  Please point me in the correct
> direction in case it's a FAQ...
>
> I prefer the threaded apache2-mpm-worker and am therefore using php5-cgi
> instead of libapache2-mod-php5.  When running "apt-get dist-upgrade" I
> was presented with
>
> canardo:/home/bjorn# apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>  apache2-mpm-worker
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>  apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php5
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>  checksecurity freeradius freeradius-common gpsd gpsd-clients
> libfreeradius2 libgps17 libgraphviz4 php-pear php5 php5-cgi
>  php5-cli php5-common php5-gd php5-imap php5-ldap php5-mcrypt
> php5-mysql php5-pspell php5-snmp php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc reportbug
>  rhino x11-xserver-utils
> 25 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 14.1MB of archives.
> After this operation, 6234kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
> Abort.
>
> I know I could (and should?) have avoided this by doing "apt-get upgrade",
> but the point is that the suggested removal of apache2-mpm-worker is
> completely unnecessary.  It seems to be caused by php5 depending on
> specific versions of libapache2-mod-php5 | php5-cgi.  This means that the
> dependendcy is unsatisfied at the point of upgrade and apt-get will try
> to satisfy it by installing the first option it finds: The newer version
> of libapache2-mod-php5.
>
> I believe the versioned dependecy is unnecessary.  php5 could just as
> well depend on
>  libapache2-mod-php5 | libapache2-mod-php5filter | php5-cgi, php5-common
> and thereby avoid apt-get dragging in libapache2-mod-php5 when
> libapache2-mod-php5filter or php5-cgi is already installed.
>
>
> Bjørn
>
> - -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>  APT prefers testing
>  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
> Versions of packages php5 depends on:
> ii  php5-cgi                      5.2.6-3    server-side, HTML-embedded scripti
> ii  php5-common                   5.2.6-3    Common files for packages built fr
>
> php5 recommends no packages.
>
> php5 suggests no packages.
>
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