Synaptic / apt-get broken packages problem (?)

[sawbona]

Hello:

Thanks for your input.

... but both apt-get and synaptic report 0 broken packages.

You read right.
The thing is that SPM lists 1683 in the 'Broken' filter screen.
Should be none listed there. (?) (see the screenshot)

... may be just an error in the number of packages listed in the broken filter ...

Could be.

The thing is that after a complete removal of SPM and reinstallation, the list survived.
Shouldn't it have been done away with?

... left overs from your upgrade. Just a guess.

Could be ...

But then it could be something else.
Re:

What I did find interesting/strange was that in the course of removing SPM (using SPM, of course) I noticed that the number of packages listed by SPM as 'broken' was suddenly reduced to five or six packages. The application dissapeared from screen as I intended to delve further.

Makes me wonder ...

Cheers,

CIV

[bapoumba]

Yes, I agree it looks curious. Have you tried the housekeeping (clean & autoremove) ?

[hg-knight]

as above, or Synaptic does a great job of fixing broken packages

[bapoumba]

OK, something close to what I was looking for. Maybe some config file :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1976309

[sawbona]

Hello:

Thanks for your input.

Have you tried the housekeeping (clean & autoremove) ?

Yes, I did.
There was nothing to clean or remove.

Still looking ...

Cheers,

CIV

[sawbona]

Hello:

OK, something close to what I was looking for. Maybe some config file :

I'll check it out and post when I get back home.

Thanks for the link. =-)

Cheers,

CIV

[bapoumba]

Sure, it may not be that exact config file, but one in the same folder.

[sawbona]

Good morning:

First of all, thanks a lot to all who replied.
Second, good news: it was much ado about nothing.

So, just 'why' did the 'broken' filter list 1683 packages files while at the same time telling me that there were no broken files?
And with 1683 being the exact number of 'installed' files?

Well ...
The answer is quite simple: because it SPM was configured to do exactly that.

Settings --> Filters --> Broken --> Current had the 'Installed' box ticked.

I'm sure it is not a default setting and since I'm the only one playing with it, the 'reason' for the box being ticked is quite evident. =-/

So ...
SPM works as intended and this was intended behaviour.

Cheers,

CIV

[bapoumba]

Oh cool, I was kind of scratching my head to be honest. Did not think about that, thanks