Debian Bug report logs - #686492
apt: option Apt::Cache::Generate=false is broken

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Panayiotis Karabassis <panayk@gmail.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: apt: option Apt::Cache::Generate=false is broken

Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 13:42:36 +0300

Package: apt
Version: 0.8.15.10
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

The option Apt::Cache::Generate when given a false value (for example apt-cache
--no-generate  pkgnames) results in the error:

E: The package cache file is an incompatible version

I believe this is the source of a regression in the bug:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547550

Cleaning and recreating the cache does not help.

It would seem to me that either there is some bug in the code that checks for
compatibility in the headers of the cache, or that indeed a corrupted version
of the cache is written to disk.

Thanks, Best regards, Panayiotis



-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "[ ! -f /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket ] || /usr/bin/dbus-send --system --dest=org.debian.apt --type=signal /org/debian/apt org.debian.apt.CacheChanged || true";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 1 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
APT::Archives "";
APT::Archives::MaxAge "30";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Architectures:: "i386";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 1 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi ";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,archive=stable,label=Debian-Security";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.gr.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free

deb http://panayk.endofinternet.org/apt wheezy-testing main
deb-src http://panayk.endofinternet.org/apt wheezy-testing main

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2012.4
ii  gnupg                   1.4.12-4+b1
ii  libc6                   2.13-33
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.7.1-2
ii  libstdc++6              4.7.1-2
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc          <none>
ii  aptitude         0.6.8-1
ii  bzip2            1.0.6-3
ii  dpkg-dev         1.16.4.3
ii  lzma             9.22-2
ii  python-apt       0.8.4
ii  synaptic         0.75.12
ii  xz-utils [lzma]  5.1.1alpha+20120614-1

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 686492@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Panayiotis Karabassis <panayk@gmail.com>

To: 686492@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Invalid

Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 15:48:44 +0300

Sorry, this has been fixed in 0.9.7.2. Please mark as invalid.

Message #19 received at 686492-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Prévot <taffit@debian.org>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 686492-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: closing 686492

Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:55:24 -0400

close 686492 0.9.7.2
thanks

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