Re: [Sheflug] RPM/Apt-Get

[Lesley Binks <lesley.binks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Does anyone know how to sort this one out ?
> 
> After running 'apt-get update' I've run into the error message below.  
> When I try to run apt-get again or do another update apt-get bombs 
> out and nothing happens.  If I run 'smart update' or 'smart install 
> xxxx' everything works fine.
I use smart via
smart --shell

and occasionally do a 'fix' command from that interactive shell.  Have
you checked everything is hunky dory using the 'fix' command/option?
Smart can be awfully quiet.
> 
> I'm supposing that I have to change a single line in /etc/somewhere so 
> that apt-get will work once again...
> 
> 
> "  W: There are multiple versions of "samba-common" in your system.
> This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
> only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
> you may remove that warning by setting the following
> option in your configuration file:
> RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^samba-common$"; };
> To disable these warnings completely set:
> RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false";
> W: There are multiple versions of "ruby-libs" in your system.
> This package won't be cleanly updated, unless you leave
> only one version. To leave multiple versions installed,
> you may remove that warning by setting the following
> option in your configuration file:
> RPM::Allow-Duplicated { "^ruby-libs$"; };
> To disable these warnings completely set:
> RPM::Allow-Duplicated-Warning "false"; "
> 
> 

Are you actually running two versions of ruby-libs and samba-common - or
items that depend on different versions?
Or is this a bug somewhere in the chain of updating /upgrading that has
left something on the machine?
If a bug it could be an incomplete removal/upgrade of a previous package
which is creating these errors.

I often google for errors, I use the error text or part of it.   You may
find, that if this is a bug, then others have reported it and either
have a fix or are working on it.

Regards

L.


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