[Aptitude-devel] Bug#1057978: Almost removed most of my system

[Dan Jacobson]

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-5

Today I out of habit hit RET to the following.
It removed much of my system.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Crostini/comments/alytbc/comment/kcv98ks/
Next time I'll be more careful and not trust it.
I didn't realize how long the list was when I hit RET.
Maybe there should be a second question if the removal list is longer than 20 packages.

# aptitude full-upgrade
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  alsa-topology-conf{ap}  alsa-ucm-conf{ap}  apel{ap}  appstream{ap}  at-spi2-core{ap}
  bash-completion{ap}  bzip2{ap}  cpp{ap} (D: cpp-13)  cpp-13{ap}  cros-logging{ap}
  cros-pipe-config{ap} (D: pipewire, D: pipewire-alsa, D: pipewire-pulse, D: wireplumber)
  cros-sommelier-config{ap}  cros-sudo-config{ap}  cros-systemd-overrides{ap}  cros-vmstat-metrics{ap}
  cros-wayland{ap}  docbook-xml{ap} (D: sgml-data)  dosfstools{ap}  eject{ap}  enchant-2{ap}
  exfatprogs{ap}
  exim4-base{ap} (D: exim4-config, D: exim4-config-2, D: libfile-fcntllock-perl, R: bsd-mailx, R: mailx, R: psmisc, S: file)
  exim4-config{ap}  exim4-daemon-light{ap} (D: exim4-base)
  expect{ap} (D: libtcl8.6, D: tcl-expect, D: tcl8.6)  ffmpeg{ap}  file{ap}  flim{ap} (D: apel)
  fonts-droid-fallback{ap} (R: fonts-noto-mono)  fonts-noto-color-emoji{ap}  fonts-noto-mono{ap}
  fonts-vlgothic{ap}  ghostscript{ap} (D: libgs10)  gir1.2-glib-2.0{ap} (D: libgirepository-1.0-1)
  git{ap} (D: git-man, D: liberror-perl, R: patch)  git-man{ap}  gpsbabel-doc{ap}  gsasl-common{ap}
  gsfonts{ap}  gstreamer1.0-gl{pu} (R: libgstreamer-gl1.0-0)  gstreamer1.0-libav{ap}
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad{pu}  gstreamer1.0-x{pu}  guile-3.0-libs{ap}
  gvfs{ap} (D: gvfs-common, D: gvfs-daemons, D: gvfs-libs)  gvfs-common{ap} (R: gvfs)
  gvfs-daemons{ap} (D: gvfs-common, D: gvfs-libs, D: libudisks2-0, D: lsof, D: udisks2, R: gvfs)
  gvfs-libs{ap} (D: gvfs-common, D: libgcr-base-3-1)  imagemagick-6-common{ap}
  iptables{ap} (D: libip4tc2, D: libip6tc2, D: libnetfilter-conntrack3, D: libnfnetlink0, D: libnftnl11, R: nftables)
  isc-dhcp-common{ap}  javascript-common{ap}  kitty-doc{ap} (D: libjs-sphinxdoc)
  libaacs0{ap} (R: libbdplus0)  libatasmart4{ap}  libauthen-sasl-perl{ap}
  libavtp0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libbdplus0{ap} (R: libaacs0)
  libblockdev-crypto3{ap} (D: libblockdev-utils3, D: libvolume-key1)
  libblockdev-fs3{ap} (D: libblockdev-utils3)  libblockdev-loop3{ap} (D: libblockdev-utils3)
  libblockdev-mdraid3{ap} (D: libblockdev-utils3, D: libbytesize1)
  libblockdev-nvme3{ap} (D: libblockdev-utils3, D: libnvme1)
  libblockdev-part3{ap} (D: libblockdev-utils3)  libblockdev-swap3{ap} (D: libblockdev-utils3)
  libblockdev-utils3{ap}  libblockdev3{ap} (D: libblockdev-utils3)  libbytesize-common{ap}
  libbytesize1{ap} (D: libbytesize-common)  libc-devtools{ap} (R: manpages, R: manpages-dev)
  libcanberra0{ap} (D: libtdb1, D: sound-theme-freedesktop)  libclone-perl{ap}  libconfig++9v5{ap}
  libdata-dump-perl{ap}  libdca0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libdecor-0-plugin-1-gtk{ap}
  libdirectfb-1.7-7{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libdjvulibre-text{ap}
  libdjvulibre21{ap} (D: libdjvulibre-text)
  libdpkg-perl{ap} (R: bzip2, R: libfile-fcntllock-perl, R: liblocale-gettext-perl, R: xz-utils, S: git, S: patch, S: sensible-utils)
  libencode-locale-perl{ap}  liberror-perl{ap}  libfaad2{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libffado2{ap} (D: libconfig++9v5, D: libglibmm-2.4-1v5, D: libxml++2.6-2v5)
  libfile-basedir-perl{ap} (D: libipc-system-simple-perl)
  libfile-desktopentry-perl{ap} (D: libfile-basedir-perl, D: liburi-perl)  libfile-fcntllock-perl{ap}
  libfile-listing-perl{ap} (D: libhttp-date-perl)
  libfile-mimeinfo-perl{ap} (D: libencode-locale-perl, D: libfile-basedir-perl, D: libfile-desktopentry-perl, R: libio-stringy-perl)
  libfluidsynth3{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libfont-afm-perl{ap}
  libfreeaptx0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libgail-common{ap} (D: libgail18)  libgail18{ap}
  libgck-1-0{ap}  libgcr-base-3-1{ap} (D: libgck-1-0)  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin{ap}  libgirepository-1.0-1{ap}
  libglibmm-2.4-1v5{ap}  libgraphene-1.0-0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-gl)  libgs-common{ap}
  libgs10{ap} (D: libgs10-common, D: libijs-0.35, D: libjbig2dec0, D: libpaper1, D: poppler-data)
  libgs10-common{ap} (D: libgs-common, R: fonts-droid-fallback)  libgtk-3-bin{ap}  libgtk2.0-bin{ap}
  libheif-plugin-aomenc{ap}  libheif-plugin-x265{ap}
  libhtml-form-perl{ap} (D: libhtml-parser-perl, D: libhttp-message-perl, D: liburi-perl)
  libhtml-format-perl{ap} (D: libfont-afm-perl, D: libhtml-tree-perl)
  libhtml-parser-perl{ap} (D: libhtml-tagset-perl, D: liburi-perl, R: libhttp-message-perl, S: libdata-dump-perl)
  libhtml-tagset-perl{ap}
  libhtml-tree-perl{ap} (D: libhtml-parser-perl, D: libhtml-tagset-perl, R: libhtml-format-perl, R: libwww-perl)
  libhttp-cookies-perl{ap} (D: libhttp-date-perl, D: libhttp-message-perl)
  libhttp-daemon-perl{ap} (D: libhttp-date-perl, D: libhttp-message-perl, D: liblwp-mediatypes-perl)
  libhttp-date-perl{ap} (D: libtimedate-perl)
  libhttp-message-perl{ap} (D: libclone-perl, D: libencode-locale-perl, D: libhttp-date-perl, D: libio-html-perl, D: liblwp-mediatypes-perl, D: liburi-perl, R: libio-compress-brotli-perl)
  libhttp-negotiate-perl{ap} (D: libhttp-message-perl)  libijs-0.35{ap}
  libimath-3-1-29{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, D: libopenexr-3-1-30)  libinstpatch-1.0-2{ap}
  libio-compress-brotli-perl{ap}  libio-html-perl{ap}
  libio-socket-ssl-perl{ap} (D: libnet-ssleay-perl, R: libnet-idn-encode-perl, R: libnet-libidn-perl, R: liburi-perl)
  libio-stringy-perl{ap}  libip4tc2{ap}  libip6tc2{ap}  libipc-system-simple-perl{ap}  libjbig2dec0{ap}
  libjs-jquery{ap} (R: javascript-common)  libjs-sphinxdoc{ap} (D: libjs-jquery, D: libjs-underscore)
  libjs-underscore{ap} (R: javascript-common, R: libjs-jquery)  libjxr-tools{ap} (D: libjxr0)  libjxr0{ap}
  libkate1{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libldacbt-enc2{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libldap-common{ap}  liblocale-gettext-perl{ap}  liblqr-1-0{ap}
  liblrdf0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libltc11{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  liblua5.4-0{ap}
  liblwp-mediatypes-perl{ap}
  liblwp-protocol-https-perl{ap} (D: libio-socket-ssl-perl, D: libnet-http-perl, D: libwww-perl)
  libmagickcore-6.q16-6{ap} (D: imagemagick-6-common, D: liblqr-1-0, R: ghostscript, R: gsfonts, S: libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra)
  libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra{ap} (D: libdjvulibre21, D: libmagickcore-6.q16-6, D: libmagickwand-6.q16-6, D: libopenexr-3-1-30, D: libwmflite-0.2-7, R: libjxr-tools)
  libmagickwand-6.q16-6{ap} (D: imagemagick-6-common, D: libmagickcore-6.q16-6)
  libmailtools-perl{ap} (D: libnet-smtp-ssl-perl, D: libtimedate-perl)
  libmailutils9{ap} (D: guile-3.0-libs, D: mailutils-common)
  libmjpegutils-2.1-0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, D: libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0, D: libmplex2-2.1-0)
  libmodplug1{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libmpcdec6{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libmplex2-2.1-0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libnautilus-extension4{ap}  libneon27{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libnet-dbus-perl{ap} (D: libxml-twig-perl)
  libnet-http-perl{ap} (D: liburi-perl, R: libio-socket-ssl-perl)
  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl{ap} (D: libio-socket-ssl-perl, R: libauthen-sasl-perl)
  libnet-ssleay-perl{ap} (D: perl-openssl-abi-3)  libnetfilter-conntrack3{ap} (D: libnfnetlink0)
  libnfnetlink0{ap}  libnftables1{ap} (D: libnftnl11)  libnftnl11{ap}  libnss-systemd{ap}
  libntfs-3g89{ap}  libnvme1{ap}
  libopenexr-3-1-30{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, D: libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra)
  libopenh264-7{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libopenni2-0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libpam-cap{ap}  libpaper-utils{ap} (D: libpaper1)  libpaper1{ap} (D: ucf, R: libpaper-utils)
  libparted2{ap} (S: parted)  libpipewire-0.3-common{ap}
  libpipewire-0.3-modules{ap} (D: libffado2, D: libroc0.3)  libqrencode4{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libqt5qml5{ap}  libqt5qmlmodels5{ap} (D: libqt5qml5, D: qtdeclarative-abi-5-15-10)
  libqt5quick5{ap} (D: libqt5qml5, D: libqt5qmlmodels5, D: qtdeclarative-abi-5-15-10)  libqt5svg5{ap}
  libqt5waylandclient5{ap}
  libqt5waylandcompositor5{ap} (D: libqt5qml5, D: libqt5quick5, D: libqt5quick5-gles, D: qtdeclarative-abi-5-15-10)
  libraptor2-0{ap} (D: libyajl2)  libroc0.3{ap} (D: libspeexdsp1, D: libuv1)  librsvg2-common{ap}
  libsasl2-modules{ap}  libsbc1{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libsoundtouch1{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libspandsp2{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libspeexdsp1{ap}  libsrtp2-1{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libtcl8.6{ap} (S: tcl8.6)  libtdb1{ap}
  libtie-ixhash-perl{ap}  libtimedate-perl{ap}  libtry-tiny-perl{ap}  libudisks2-0{ap}
  liburi-perl{ap} (S: libwww-perl)  libuv1{ap}  libvdpau-va-gl1{ap}
  libvo-aacenc0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libvo-amrwbenc0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libvolume-key1{ap}  libwacom-bin{ap} (D: python3-libevdev, D: python3-pyudev)
  libwildmidi2{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  libwireplumber-0.4-0{ap} (D: liblua5.4-0)
  libwmflite-0.2-7{ap}  libwrap0{ap}
  libwww-perl{ap} (D: libencode-locale-perl, D: libfile-listing-perl, D: libhtml-parser-perl, D: libhtml-tagset-perl, D: libhtml-tree-perl, D: libhttp-cookies-perl, D: libhttp-date-perl, D: libhttp-message-perl, D: libhttp-negotiate-perl, D: liblwp-mediatypes-perl, D: liblwp-protocol-https-perl, D: libnet-http-perl, D: libtry-tiny-perl, D: liburi-perl, D: libwww-robotrules-perl, R: libdata-dump-perl, R: libhtml-form-perl, R: libhtml-format-perl, R: libhttp-daemon-perl, R: libmailtools-perl)
  libwww-robotrules-perl{ap} (D: liburi-perl)  libx11-protocol-perl{ap}
  libxml++2.6-2v5{ap} (D: libglibmm-2.4-1v5)  libxml-parser-perl{ap} (D: liburi-perl, D: libwww-perl)
  libxml-twig-perl{ap} (D: libxml-parser-perl, R: libhtml-parser-perl, R: libtie-ixhash-perl, R: libwww-perl, R: libxml-xpath-perl, R: libxml-xpathengine-perl)
  libxml-xpathengine-perl{ap}  libyajl2{ap}  libzbar0{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)
  libzxing2{pu} (D: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad)  lsof{ap}  luit{ap}
  mailcap{ap} (R: bzip2, R: file, R: xz-utils)
  mailutils{ap} (D: libmailutils9, D: mailutils-common, R: default-mta, R: mail-transport-agent)
  mailutils-common{ap}  manpages{ap}  manpages-dev{ap} (D: manpages)  mesa-va-drivers{ap}
  mesa-vdpau-drivers{ap}  mesa-vulkan-drivers{ap}
  nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal{ap} (D: libnautilus-extension4)  nftables{ap} (D: libnftables1)
  ntfs-3g{ap} (D: libntfs-3g89)  openssh-server{ap} (D: libwrap0, D: runit-helper, D: ucf, R: xauth)
  packagekit-tools{ap}  parted{ap} (D: libparted2)  patch{ap}  perl-openssl-defaults{ap}
  pipewire{ap} (D: libpipewire-0.3-modules, D: pipewire-bin)  pipewire-alsa{ap} (D: pipewire)
  pipewire-bin{ap} (D: libpipewire-0.3-modules, R: rtkit, R: wireplumber)
  pipewire-pulse{ap} (D: pipewire, R: wireplumber)  pkexec{ap}  pocketsphinx-en-us{ap}
  policykit-1{ap} (D: pkexec)
  poppler-data{ap} (S: fonts-ipafont-gothic, S: fonts-japanese-gothic, S: ghostscript)  proj-bin{ap}
  psmisc{ap}  publicsuffix{ap}
  python3-gi{ap} (D: gir1.2-glib-2.0, D: libgirepository-1.0-1, D: libgirepository-1.0-1-with-libffi8)
  python3-libevdev{ap}  python3-pyudev{ap} (R: gir1.2-glib-2.0, R: python3-gi)  qt6-translations-l10n{ap}
  qttranslations5-l10n{ap}
  qtwayland5{ap} (D: libqt5waylandclient5, D: libqt5waylandcompositor5, D: qtwayland-client-abi-5-15-10, D: qtwayland-compositor-abi-5-15-10)
  rtkit{ap}  runit-helper{ap}  sensible-utils{ap}  sgml-data{ap}  sound-theme-freedesktop{ap}
  supercat{ap}  systemd-timesyncd{ap}  tcl-expect{ap} (D: libtcl8.6, S: expect)  tcl8.6{ap} (D: libtcl8.6)
  timgm6mb-soundfont{ap}  ucf{ap} (D: sensible-utils)  udev{ap}
  udisks2{ap} (D: libatasmart4, D: libblockdev-crypto3, D: libblockdev-fs3, D: libblockdev-loop3, D: libblockdev-mdraid3, D: libblockdev-nvme3, D: libblockdev-part3, D: libblockdev-swap3, D: libblockdev-utils3, D: libblockdev3, D: libudisks2-0, D: parted, D: udev, R: dosfstools, R: eject, R: exfatprogs, R: ntfs-3g)
  unzip{ap}  usbutils{ap}  va-driver-all{ap} (D: mesa-va-drivers)
  vdpau-driver-all{ap} (D: libvdpau-va-gl1, D: mesa-vdpau-drivers, S: vdpau-driver)  wamerican{ap}
  wireplumber{ap} (D: libwireplumber-0.4-0, D: pipewire, R: pipewire-pulse)
  x11-xserver-utils{ap} (D: cpp)  xauth{ap}  xdg-desktop-portal{ap}
  xdg-desktop-portal-gtk{ap} (D: xdg-desktop-portal)  xdg-user-dirs{ap}  xfonts-base{ap}  xz-utils{ap}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base  libglib2.0-0  libglib2.0-bin  libglib2.0-data  libgstreamer-gl1.0-0
  libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  libksba8  libpython3.11
  libpython3.11-minimal  libpython3.11-stdlib  libpython3.12-minimal  libpython3.12-stdlib  python3.11
  python3.11-minimal  python3.12  python3.12-minimal
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