Bug 6276

Summary:	apt-get remove claims about multiple candidates when there is one present
Product:	ALT Linux 2.4	Reporter:	Dmytro O. Redchuk <dor>
Component:	apt	Assignee:	Dmitry V. Levin <ldv>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:	Andrey Cherepanov <cas>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2	CC:	sbolshakov
Version:	2.4
Hardware:	all
OS:	Linux

Description Dmytro O. Redchuk 2005-03-17 19:34:21 MSK

Just look:
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# apt-get remove kernel-image-std-smp
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package kernel-image-std-smp is a virtual package provided by:
  kernel-image-std-smp#2.4.26-alt9 2.4.26-alt9 [Installed]
  kernel-image-std-smp#2.4.26-alt6 2.4.26-alt6
You should explicitly select one to install.
E: Package kernel-image-std-smp is a virtual package with multiple good providers.
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Conclusion:
apt knows that there is only one package installed, but claims it can not remove
it because there are multiple of them.

Comment 1 Dmytro O. Redchuk 2005-03-18 12:41:57 MSK

In better case ;) apt should say "You should explicitly select one to remove."
at least :-)

It can not found the right direction?

Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2005-05-18 20:37:52 MSD

Fixed in 0.5.15cnc6-alt11.