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diff --git a/doc/Bugs b/doc/Bugs deleted file mode 100644 index d584dce49..000000000 --- a/doc/Bugs +++ /dev/null @@ -1,174 +0,0 @@ --- Real Problems -#24000: Bug in apt Version: 0.0.17-1bo0 - Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source for a package - Status: Require Status file. -#24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies - Status: Requires dpkg modifications -#25104: APT should retry failed downloads - Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers - Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism - to control this desired behavoir. -#25176: Problem with FTP/firewall -#25458: Problem with FTP/firewall - Summary: FTP method has no controls for firewalls - Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism - to control this desired behavoir. - --- Fixed but unclosed things -#25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are? -#22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist) - Summary: Feature request - Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option -#21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found. - Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 -#22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option -#22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt? - Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a - removable media for another computer - Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point - that it is doable by using a separate configuration file and - the -c option -#27601: srange errors from dselect - Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source - Status: Require status file - Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducible w/ given - status file -#27841: apt: apt depends on a missing library - Status: New versions of APT in slink have been compiled with libstdc++2.9 -#23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice - Status: Planned to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration - file - Done - Use Acquire::http::proxy::host.com="DIRECT" -#25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections - Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some - parameters - Done - Use Acquire::Queue-Mode="access" -#25019: apt: Confusing progress report - Summary: Gripes about the progress meter - Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get. - The GUI will naturally be better - I think the new progress meter address basically everyone's - concerns. -#25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking - Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated - Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design, - probably won't make the GUI either. - Wee, the new acquire code allows this, it now prints out 'Hit' -#26019: apt may report wrong line speed -#26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist) -#28778: apt: apt's fetched message is wrong for update of packages files - Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its - calculations - Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code - And it actually was fixed with the new acquire code -#26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity - Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash - Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least - Status: I have no idea why. - Seems to be gone in .3, whatever it was... -#25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed - Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even - though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in - 0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be - configurable.. -#28391: apt-get install without upgrading - Summary: Make install leave the package in the keep state if it is already - installed - Status: Will be implemented in 0.3.0 - Try the --no-upgrade options -#28373: apt package is missing information on ftp.conf -#29293: apt: Docs reference apt(8) but apt(8) not provided. - Summary: The man pages have references to several non-existent items, - ftp.conf is only one of them. - Status: Fix the man pages. This certainly will be done in 0.3.0 -#24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect - Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect - Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS environment variable will be created, -d can - be put there. - There is already an APT_CONFIG in 0.3, APT_OPTIONS may also - appear.. - Use Dselect::Options "-d" and others -#29920: Wish for more verbosity on "has no installation candidate" - Summary: More reports - Status: Already fixed in .3 -#29382: apt: apt deletes packages after installation without any question - Summary: Obvois. - Status: Fixed in .3, use Dselect::Clean "prompt" -#30027: apt: version comparison bug - Summary: Version compare differs from dpkg - Status: Fixed in all CVS versions. -#30260: apt: wishlist: do not return to main menu without prompting for return - Summary: Wants to prompt after dselect update - Status: Fixed in v3, use dselect::promptafterupdate "true"; -#29441: documenting the codes for -s - Summary: Apparently the simulation output is not immediately obvois - Status: Someone should update the man page. -#24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh - Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long - Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable - caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing - the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would - completely disable the cache which may not be desired. - APT now sends a max age header. See the apt.conf(5) -#28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages - Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package - Status: I believe this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution - is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685 - is fixed with a configuration directive. - Use -o acquire::http::no-cache=true -#29351: poor error message after conffile update - Summary: APT errors when the package file is not found - Status: The new APT warns better and the error is not fatal -#30112: apt: internal error in apt - Summary: APT gives an unclear error when it cannot correct dependencies - Status: Error is clearer -#30324: apt-get lying about file dates in /var/state/apt/lists - Summary: Doesn't copy the file dates right with file URIs - Status: Fixed in v3 -#30383: apt: dist-upgrade msg "E: Internal error, ScoredFix generated breaks." - Summary: libc6 maddness causes bizzar problems - Status: Fixed in v3 -#29983: apt: Wrong diagnostic, could be better - Summary: It doesn't explicy say you should be root - Status: Fixed in v3 -#22892: Apt improvements - Summary: Bails if an index file can't be found - Status: Fixed in v3 -#28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors - Summary: Make use of redundant sources - Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored. -#27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail - Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation - Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted - by the apt-query program which should be written. - Use the dselect script, alias or something. -#26663: rsync file access - Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be - a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode' - support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs - via http) -#27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental - Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning - Honors the NotAutomatic flag -#30643: base: apt-get update problems with http-/ftp-caches (i.e. squid) - Status: Fixed as best I can. Try the Acquire::http::No-Cache option. - --- Silly things -#26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6 -#29903: apt-get insists onto sending a SIZE command - Summary: SunOS ftpd does not support the SIZE command - Status: Probably not worth fixing -#20723: Apt suggestion - Summary: Package Grouping Mechanism - Status: Who knows -#22550: apt-get upgrade could configure packages earlier - Status: Who knows -#23934: apt-get source <package> -#27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist) - Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives. -#22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y - Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning -#30237: apt: 0.1.9 checks dependencies against packages.gz - Summary: For packages with identical version numbers APT prefers - to use the archive index files - Status: Yes it is sorta bad, but there is no reasonable solution. |