[ubuntu-dev] Bug#653275: [gdebi-core] gdebi doesn't recognize the "Breaks" packages.

[Karol Kozłowski]

Package: gdebi-core
Version: 0.6.4+squeeze1
Severity: serious



In the following example, "gdebi" informed that the package can be 
installed. And nothing indicates that there are serious 
contraindications to install package.



#LANG=C gdebi /..../bootlogd_2.88dsf-18_i386.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done 
Building data structures... Done 


daemon to log boot messages
 bootlogd logs all messages printed to the system console during system boot,
 and records those messages to a logfile.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
dpkg: considering deconfiguration of initscripts, which would be broken by installation of bootlogd ...
dpkg: yes, will deconfigure initscripts (broken by bootlogd).
dpkg: considering deconfiguration of sysvinit-utils, which would be broken by installation of bootlogd ...
dpkg: no, sysvinit-utils is essential, will not deconfigure
 it in order to enable installation of bootlogd.
dpkg: error processing /media/skoroszyt/1111/bootlogd_2.88dsf-18_i386.deb (--install):
 installing bootlogd would break existing software
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /media/skoroszyt/1111/bootlogd_2.88dsf-18_i386.deb

#dpkg -l bootlogd
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Nazwa          Wersja         Opis
+++-==============-==============-============================================
in  bootlogd       <brak>         (brak dostępnego opisu)
#dpkg -s bootlogd
Package: bootlogd
Status: install ok not-installed
Priority: optional
Section: admin
#ls /etc/init.d |grep bootlogd
bootlogd
stop-bootlogd
stop-bootlogd-single
#ls  /usr/share/man/man8 |grep bootlogd
bootlogd.8.gz
#ls /etc/default |grep bootlogd
bootlogd
#dpkg -I /.../bootlogd_2.88dsf-18_i386.deb
 nowy pakiet Debiana, wersja 2.0.
 rozmiar 47802 bajtów: archiwum kontrolne= 950 bajtów.
      80 bajtów,     3 linii      conffiles            
     613 bajtów,    15 linii      control              
     400 bajtów,     6 linii      md5sums              
     230 bajtów,     8 linii   *  postinst             #!/bin/sh
     270 bajtów,    12 linii   *  postrm               #!/bin/sh
 Package: bootlogd
 Source: sysvinit
 Version: 2.88dsf-18
 Architecture: i386
 Maintainer: Debian sysvinit maintainers <pkg-sysvinit-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Installed-Size: 108
 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
 Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-17), sysvinit-utils (<< 2.88dsf-17)
 Replaces: initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-17), sysvinit-utils (<< 2.88dsf-17)
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Homepage: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit
 Description: daemon to log boot messages
  bootlogd logs all messages printed to the system console during system boot,
  and records those messages to a logfile.


Although the package "bootlogd" is not installed, the configuration 
files are installed in the "/ etc / init.d" and the program works.


--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.38-bpo.2-686

Debian Release: 6.0.3
  500 stable-updates  ftp.pl.debian.org 
  500 stable          www.getgnash.org 
  500 stable          security.debian.org 
  500 stable          ftp.pl.debian.org 
  500 stable          deb.opera.com 
  500 proposed-updates ftp.pl.debian.org 
  500 oldstable       ftp.pl.debian.org 
  100 squeeze-backports backports.debian.org 

--- Package information. ---
Package's Depends field is empty.

Package's Recommends field is empty.

Package's Suggests field is empty.