On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 05:19:14PM +0300, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> "ext Marius Gedminas" <marius@xxxxxx> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 03:51:39PM -0300, Jonathan Markevich wrote:
> >> These packages are not completely installed on upgrade... if you can, go to
> >> a root prompt and type apt-get -f install
> >
> > What's up with this, does anyone know? Why is it that after a fresh OS
> > reflash the apt database ends up inconsistent?
>
> The osso-software-version-rx44 package exists twice: once in your device
> and once in the "Nokia System Software Updates" repository. These two
> instances of the package have the same version, but different
> dependencies (stupid, I know, see below). The
> osso-software-version-rx44 in the repository additionally depends on the
> three packages that you list in the subject.
>
> Apt-get uses the information from the repository, which results in the
> error message you see. Running apt-get -f install will fix it. The
> Application manager is not affected by this, it simply ignores the
> problem and carries on. After the first OS update, the problem goes
> away.
>
> It's a bug of course that the two instances of
> osso-software-version-rx44 are not identical. The additional
> dependencies in the repository instance are used to (as you might have
> guessed :) to control flashing of the kernel and initfs during a OS
> update. The osso-software-version-rx44 instance in the flash image does
> not need them, and I didn't see the problem with this because I wasn't
> thinking. (I don't reflash my devices anymore, so I didn't run into
> this problem myself...)
>
> Yep, it's a bit embarassing, but should have no bad consequences other
> than having to run "apt-get -f install" once (or disabling the "Nokia
> System Software Updates" repository) before you can use apt-get on the
> command line.
Thank you for this very clear explanation.
Marius Gedminas
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