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diff --git a/doc/Bugs b/doc/Bugs new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ec95b2796 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Bugs @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +-- Real Problems +#24000: Bug in apt Version: 0.0.17-1bo0 + Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source for a package + Status: Require Status file. +#27601: srange errors from dselect + Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source + Status: Require status file +#26670: apt: apt-get dumps core after checking integrity + Summary: Some terminal environments cause APT to crash + Win95 telnet and emacs term-in-a-buffer are two at least + Status: I have no idea why. +#23984: apt: support for "no_proxy" would be nice + Status: Planed to be integrated into the new methods via the configuration + file +#24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh + Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long + Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable + caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing + the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would + completely disable the cache which may not be desired. +#24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies + Status: Requires dpkg modifications +#25001: apt: cleaned out archive even though not all files were installed + Status: Apparently in some cases APT can return a success code even + though it failed. I'm paying very close attention to this in + 0.3.x. Not to mention that the clean behavior will be + configurable.. +#25021: apt: Need some control over multiple connections + Status: Probable that 0.3.x will have support for configuing some + parameters +#22892: Apt improvements + Summary: Make use of redundant sources + Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored. +#24799: Some suggestions for the apt method in dselect + Summary: Wants to be able to specifiy -d from dselect + Status: Likely a APT_OPTIONS enviornment variable will be created, -d can + be put there. +#25104: APT should retry failed downloads + Summary: FTP method has problems with busy servers + Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism + to control this desired behavoir. +#25176: Problem with FTP/firewall +#25458: Problem with FTP/firewall + Summary: FTP method has no controls for firewalls + Status: The 0.3.0 ftp method should probably use the configuration mechanism + to control this desired behavoir. + +-- Fixed but unclosed things +#25026: apt: Why do you list the packages you're _not_ doing anything to instead of the ones you are? +#22507: apt: apt-get - listing packages to be upgraded (wishlist) + Summary: Feature request + Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 via the -u option +#25704: apt: apt will not install dotfile + Summary: APT has problems handling virtual packages + Status: I think it's fixed in 0.1.17 +#26426: apt: "b" is not "y" + Status: This is fixed. +#26535: apt: doesnt want to install apache-ssl + Status: I think this is fixed +#26723: apt: apt 0.1.6 installs not correctly + Summary: A package did not correctly install + Status: It's not possible this is an APT bug. It is either wmaker or dpkg. +#21113: [Apt] In dselect, update dies and exits if the packages file is not found. + Status: Fixed in 0.3.0 +#22675: APT does not honor the --admin-dir option +#22836: Disk/Zip-Method for apt? + Summary: APT does not provide a way to download packages onto a + removable media for another computer + Status: 0.3.0 has substantially better support for this to the point + that it is doable by using a seperate configuration file and + the -c option +#24363: removing apt dependancies on dynamic libraries + Status: this is just a silly bug, why is it still open!? + +-- Silly things +#26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6 + Summary: SunOS ftpd does not support the SIZE command + Status: Probably not worth fixing +#20723: Apt suggestion + Summary: Package Grouping Mechanism + Status: Who knows +#22550: apt-get upgrade could configure packages earlier + Status: Who knows +#23934: apt-get source <package> +#27190: apt: installing source packages (wishlist) + Status: Impossible to do without an index file for all source archives. +#26019: apt may report wrong line speed +#26433: apt: claims to fetch things it doesn't actually fetch (wishlist) + Summary: APT includes the fetch time from the local cache in its + calculations + Status: Probably will be fixed with new acquire code +#26663: rsync file access + Status: Unlikely, rsync does not provide the necessary support to be + a terribly good method. I do not intend any 'split mode' + support (ie a way to get Package files via rsync and .debs + via http) +#22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y +#27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental + Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning +#25019: apt: Confusing progress report + Summary: Gripes about the progress meter + Status: I do not intend to implement very many of these ideas in apt-get. + The GUI will naturally be better +#25022: apt: Lack of feedback on date checking + Summary: Wants to know what package files were not updated + Status: There is no place for this in the current apt-get design, + probably won't make the GUI either. |