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