Edgy update problem(s)

[John Dangler]

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 07:47 +0100, marc wrote:
> Mario Vukelic said...
> > On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 03:34 +0100, marc wrote:
> > > Using Synaptic's "Apply", the result is:
> > > 
> > >   E: /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%3a7.1.1ubuntu6.2_i386.deb: 
> > > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/bin', which is also in package xli
> > > 
> > > 
> > > So, the problem is with /usr/X11R6/bin, but how to fix it?
> > > 
> > > (Since there seems to be a conflict with the xli package, I looked at
> > > removing it, but it would remove ubuntu-desktop, all xserver packages
> > > and a more, so that's not an option.)
> > > 
> 
> I squashed the Debconf dialogues via:
> 
>   sudo dpkg-reconfigure debconf
> 
> and changing "kde" to "dialog".
> 
> > I would try 
> > 
> > dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_1%
> > 3a7.1.1ubuntu6.2_i386.deb
> > 
> > This will install x11-common by overwriting the /usr/X11R6/bin directory
> 
> Okay, thanks, this worked :-)
> 
> However, though most of the update went through, there are a few more
> issues. I now have:
> 
>   $ aptug
What command is this? (I never heard of it) ... 
Sorry, I'm following this thread and just noticed this...
>   The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>     courier-base: Depends: courier-authlib but it is not installable
>     courier-authlib-userdb: Depends: courier-authlib but it is
>      not installable
>                             Depends: courier-authlib (>= 0.58) but it is 
>      not installable
> 
>   $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>   dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration
>         of courier-authlib-userdb:
>    courier-authlib-userdb depends on courier-authlib; however:
>     Package courier-authlib is not installed.
>    courier-authlib-userdb depends on courier-authlib (>= 0.58); however:
>     Package courier-authlib is not installed.
>   dpkg: error processing courier-authlib-userdb (--configure):
>    dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    courier-authlib-userdb
> 
> So:
> 
>   $ sudo aptitude install courier-authlib-userdb 
> 
>   The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>     courier-authlib: Conflicts: courier-authdaemon (< 0.58)
>     but 0.47-13ubuntu5.1 is installed and it is kept back.
>   Resolving dependencies...
>   E: I wasn't able to locate file for the courier-authdaemon package.
>    This might mean you need to manually fix this package.
>   The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
>   Upgrade the following packages:
>   courier-authdaemon [0.47-13ubuntu5.1 (now) -> 0.58-4ubuntu1 (edgy)]
> 
>   Score is 0
> 
>   dpkg: error processing courier-authdaemon (--remove):
>    Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>    reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>   terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
>     what():  basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
>   Aborted (core dumped)
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    courier-authdaemon
> 
> Okay, so:
> 
>   $ sudo aptitude install courier-authdaemon
> 
>   The following NEW packages will be installed:
>     courier-authlib
>   The following packages will be upgraded:
>     courier-authdaemon
>   1 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 14 to remove and 149 not 
> upgraded.
>   Need to get 0B/83.9kB of archives. After unpacking 26.3MB will be 
> freed.
>   Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
> 
>   Writing extended state information... Done
>   dpkg: error processing courier-authdaemon (--remove):
>    Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>    reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>   terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
>     what():  basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
>   Aborted (core dumped)
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    courier-authdaemon
> 
> So, I'm stuck in a loop again. Any help much appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Marc
> 
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