doc/Bugs

   1 -- Real Problems
   2 #24000: Bug in apt Version: 0.0.17-1bo0
   3  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source for a package
   4  Status: Require Status file.
   5 #24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh
   6  Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long
   7  Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable
   8          caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing
   9          the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would
  10          completely disable the cache which may not be desired.
  11 #24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies
  12  Status: Requires dpkg modifications
  13 #22892: Apt improvements
  14 #28184: apt could be smarted regarding mirrors
  15  Summary: Make use of redundant sources
  16  Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored.
  17 #24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect
  18  Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect
  19  Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can
  20          be put there.
  21          There is already an APT_CONFIG in 0.3, APT_OPTIONS may also
  22          appear..
  23 #25104: APT should retry failed downloads
  24  Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers
  25  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
  26          to control this desired behavoir.
  27 #25176: Problem with FTP/firewall
  28 #25458: Problem with FTP/firewall
  29  Summary: FTP method has no controls for firewalls
  30  Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism
  31          to control this desired behavoir.
  32 #28373: apt package is missing information on ftp.conf
  33 #29293: apt: Docs reference apt(8) but apt(8) not provided.
  34  Summary: The man pages have references to several non-existent items,
  35           ftp.conf is only one of them.
  36  Status: Fix the man pages. This certainly will be done in 0.3.0
  37
  38 -- Fixed but unclosed things
  39 #25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are?
  40 #22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist)
  41  Summary: Feature request
  42  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option
  43 #21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found.
  44  Status: Fixed in 0.3.0
  45 #22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option
  46 #22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt?
  47  Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a
  48           removable media for another computer
  49  Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point
  50          that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and
  51          the -c option
  52 #27601: srange errors from dselect
  53  Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source
  54  Status: Require status file
  55          Believed to be fixed in 0.1.9, was not reproducable w/ given
  56          status file
  57 #27841: apt: apt depends on a missing library
  58  Status: New versions of APT in slink have been compiled with libstdc++2.9
  59 #23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice
  60  Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration
  61          file
  62          Done - Use Acquire::http::proxy::host.com="DIRECT"
  63 #25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections
  64  Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some
  65          parameters
  66          Done - Use Acquire::Queue-Mode="access"
  67 #25019: apt: Confusing progress report
  68  Summary: Gripes about the progress meter
  69  Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get.
  70          The GUI will naturally be better
  71          I think the new progress meter address basically everyone's
  72          concerns.
  73 #25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking
  74  Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated
  75  Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design,
  76          probably won't make the GUI either.
  77          Wee, the new acquire code allows this, it now prints out 'Hit'
  78 #26019: apt may report wrong line speed
  79 #26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist)
  80 #28778: apt: apt's fetched message is wrong for update of packages files
  81  Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its
  82           calculations
  83  Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code
  84          And it actually was fixed with the new acquire code
  85 #26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity
  86  Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash
  87           Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least
  88  Status: I have no idea why.
  89          Seems to be gone in .3, whatever it was...
  90 #25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed
  91  Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even
  92          though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in
  93          0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be
  94          configurable..
  95 #28391: apt-get install without upgrading
  96  Summary: Make install leave the package in the keep state if it is already
  97           installed
  98  Status: Will be implemented in 0.3.0
  99          Try the --no-upgrade options
 100
 101 -- Silly things
 102 #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6
 103  Summary: SunOS ftpd does not support the SIZE command
 104  Status: Probably not worth fixing
 105 #20723: Apt suggestion
 106  Summary: Package Grouping Mechanism
 107  Status: Who knows
 108 #22550: apt-get upgrade could configure packages earlier
 109  Status: Who knows
 110 #23934: apt-get source <package>
 111 #27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist)
 112  Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives.
 113 #26663: rsync file access
 114  Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be
 115          a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode'
 116          support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs
 117          via http)
 118 #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y
 119 #27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental
 120  Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning
 121 #28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages
 122  Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package
 123  Status: I belive this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution
 124          is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685
 125          is fixed with a configuration directive.
 126 #27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail
 127  Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation
 128  Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted
 129          by the apt-query program which should be written.