This site collects reports of the problems generated by faulty installations of software packages (RPMs).
Problems during the installation of packages occur due to different reasons like the package is missing in the repository or broken dependencies.
However, when a problem occur the Linux distribution is not automatically informed.
To overcome that limitation MANCOOSI project (EU project where Caixa Mágica and Mandriva are partners) defined a specific format for package installation problems report: the DUDF format.
- In your Linux Caixa Mágica system update your Apt package to version "apt-0.5.15lorg3.94pt" or higher.
- Uncomment all DUDF lines in file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/caixamagica.conf
Now, all failed installations will be logged at /var/lib/apt/dudf/ directory.
From time to time, your system will communicate with DUDF platform and submit the logs of the installations upstream.
No personal information like IP, name, hostname or email is stored or transfered in any part of the process.
The problem report only contains the list of packages installed, the active repositories and apt error message.
The problem is encoded in XML accordingly to this specification.
Mancoosi is a European research project in the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission. The project is situated in the FP7 theme Information & Communication Technologies (ICT). The project has started February 1st, 2008, and will have a duration of 3 years.
The Mancoosi project aims at developing tools for the system administrator. We pursue two main avenues:
- Develop mechanisms that provide for rollbacks of failed upgrade attempts, allowing the system administrator to revert the system to the state before the upgrade (workpackages 2 and 3).
- Develop better algorithms and tools to plan upgrade paths based on various information sources about software packages and on optimization criteria (workpackages 4 and 5).
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