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Bug #24427

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Generic method “package present” does not detect and install virtual packages

Added by Michel BOUISSOU 8 months ago. Updated 5 months ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
N/A
Assignee:
-
Category:
Generic methods
Target version:
7.3.17
Pull Request:
Severity:
Major - prevents use of part of Rudder | no simple workaround
UX impact:
I hate Rudder for that
User visibility:
Operational - other Techniques | Rudder settings | Plugins
Effort required:
Large
Priority:
67
Name check:
To do
Fix check:
To do
Regression:
No

Description

A generic method “package present” says it fails to install emacs on Debian 10, although it has succeded installing it at some point :


E| error install_package_with_par| Package present emacs emacs If you tried to install a virtual package, please use in place the concrete package you want to install.

Where :


root@zgent3:~# dpkg -s emacs
Package: emacs
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: editors
Installed-Size: 75
Maintainer: Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 1:26.1+1-3.2+deb10u2
Depends: emacs-gtk (>= 1:26.1) | emacs-lucid (>= 1:26.1) | emacs-nox (>= 1:26.1)
Description: GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor.
This is a metapackage that will always depend on the latest
recommended Emacs variant (currently emacs-gtk).
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

Also see screenshot

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emacs_installed_but_not_240312a.png (915 KB) emacs_installed_but_not_240312a.png Screenshot Michel BOUISSOU, 2024-03-12 17:45
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