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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/depcache.h4
-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-get.cc34
-rw-r--r--debian/apt.cron.daily26
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog10
-rw-r--r--doc/apt_preferences.5.xml2
-rw-r--r--methods/http.cc4
6 files changed, 62 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/depcache.h b/apt-pkg/depcache.h
index 7adf6fe7f..f41ad17e9 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/depcache.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/depcache.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class pkgDepCache : protected pkgCache::Namespace
* \param rootFunc A callback that can be used to add extra
* packages to the root set.
*
- * \return \b false if an error occured.
+ * \return \b false if an error occurred.
*/
bool MarkRequired(InRootSetFunc &rootFunc);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class pkgDepCache : protected pkgCache::Namespace
* are tested to see whether they are actually garbage. If so,
* they are marked as such.
*
- * \return \b false if an error occured.
+ * \return \b false if an error occurred.
*/
bool Sweep();
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index be194f2db..92a263e50 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -1495,21 +1495,29 @@ bool TryInstallTask(pkgDepCache &Cache, pkgProblemResolver &Fix,
bool found = false;
bool res = true;
- for (Pkg = Cache.PkgBegin(); Pkg.end() == false; Pkg++)
+
+ // two runs, first ignore dependencies, second install any missing
+ for(int IgnoreBroken=1; IgnoreBroken >= 0; IgnoreBroken--)
{
- pkgCache::VerIterator ver = Cache[Pkg].CandidateVerIter(Cache);
- if(ver.end())
- continue;
- pkgRecords::Parser &parser = Recs.Lookup(ver.FileList());
- parser.GetRec(start,end);
- strncpy(buf, start, end-start);
- buf[end-start] = 0x0;
- if (regexec(&Pattern,buf,0,0,0) != 0)
- continue;
- res &= TryToInstall(Pkg,Cache,Fix,Remove,false,ExpectedInst);
- found = true;
+ for (Pkg = Cache.PkgBegin(); Pkg.end() == false; Pkg++)
+ {
+ pkgCache::VerIterator ver = Cache[Pkg].CandidateVerIter(Cache);
+ if(ver.end())
+ continue;
+ pkgRecords::Parser &parser = Recs.Lookup(ver.FileList());
+ parser.GetRec(start,end);
+ strncpy(buf, start, end-start);
+ buf[end-start] = 0x0;
+ if (regexec(&Pattern,buf,0,0,0) != 0)
+ continue;
+ res &= TryToInstall(Pkg,Cache,Fix,Remove,IgnoreBroken,ExpectedInst);
+ found = true;
+ }
}
+ // now let the problem resolver deal with any issues
+ Fix.Resolve(true);
+
if(!found)
_error->Error(_("Couldn't find task %s"),taskname);
@@ -2635,7 +2643,7 @@ bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &CmdL)
" -d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives\n"
" -s No-act. Perform ordering simulation\n"
" -y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt\n"
- " -f Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails\n"
+ " -f Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place\n"
" -m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable\n"
" -u Show a list of upgraded packages as well\n"
" -b Build the source package after fetching it\n"
diff --git a/debian/apt.cron.daily b/debian/apt.cron.daily
index 7af689e1f..ec53a7f2f 100644
--- a/debian/apt.cron.daily
+++ b/debian/apt.cron.daily
@@ -147,6 +147,25 @@ check_size_constraints()
fi
}
+# sleep for a random intervall of time (default 30min)
+# (some code taken from cron-apt, thanks)
+random_sleep()
+{
+ RandomSleep=1800
+ eval $(apt-config shell RandomSleep APT::Periodic::RandomSleep)
+ if [ $RandomSleep -eq 0 ]; then
+ return
+ fi
+ if [ -z "$RANDOM" ] ; then
+ # A fix for shells that do not have this bash feature.
+ RANDOM=$(dd if=/dev/urandom count=1 2> /dev/null | cksum | cut -c"1-5")
+ fi
+ TIME=$(($RANDOM % $RandomSleep))
+ sleep $TIME
+}
+
+# main
+
if ! which apt-config >/dev/null; then
exit 0
fi
@@ -179,6 +198,13 @@ if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
exit 1
fi
+# sleep random amount of time
+random_sleep
+
+# check again if we can access the cache
+if ! apt-get check -q -q 2>/dev/null; then
+ exit 1
+fi
UPDATE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/update-stamp
if check_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP $UpdateInterval; then
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4b0195979..ff2d56cc6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ apt (0.7.12) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
is run
* methods/connect.cc:
- remember hosts with Resolve failures or connect Timeouts
+ * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
+ - fix incorrect help output for -f (LP: #57487)
+ - do two passes when installing tasks, first ignoring dependencies,
+ then resolving them and run the problemResolver at the end
+ so that it can correct any missing dependencies
+ * debian/apt.cron.daily:
+ - sleep random amount of time (default within 0-30min) before
+ starting the upate to hit the mirrors less hard
+ * doc/apt_preferences.5.xml:
+ - fix typo
[ Christian Perrier ]
* Fix typos in manpages. Thanks to Daniel Leidert for the fixes
diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
index 3f8d4568d..c55bb4ee2 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "<literal>unstable</literal>
<programlisting>
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
-Pin-Priority: 500
+Pin-Priority: 50
</programlisting>
<simpara>The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions
diff --git a/methods/http.cc b/methods/http.cc
index d4e231fbe..26d435dea 100644
--- a/methods/http.cc
+++ b/methods/http.cc
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ bool ServerState::Close()
/*}}}*/
// ServerState::RunHeaders - Get the headers before the data /*{{{*/
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-/* Returns 0 if things are OK, 1 if an IO error occursed and 2 if a header
- parse error occured */
+/* Returns 0 if things are OK, 1 if an IO error occurred and 2 if a header
+ parse error occurred */
int ServerState::RunHeaders()
{
State = Header;