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and subject line Re: Bug#861774: getmail4: version problems with installed
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regarding getmail4: version problems with installed getmail4
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: getmail4
Version: 4.53.0-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
An existing problem with getmail prompted me to see which version I had
installed with Testing.
I ran commands: apt search getmail4, /usr/bin/getmail --dump, and
/usr/bin/getmail --version
I got the following responses:
apt search getmail4
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
getmail4/testing,now 4.53.0-1 all [installed]
mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS
getmail --dump
getmail version 4.43.0
Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Charles Cazabon. Licensed under the GNU GPL
version 2.
getmail configuration:
getmail version 4.43.0
Python version 2.7.13 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:48:08)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170118]
getmail --version
getmail 4.43.0
I expected the installed version and the configured version to be the
same as it is on my other systems that I have getmail installed on.
Perhaps just a typo in the configuration file?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64
(x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages getmail4 depends on:
pn python:any <none>
getmail4 recommends no packages.
getmail4 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Hi,
As explained in my private mail to you, this is caused by user installed
getmail module in /usr/local which override Debian installed module in
/usr.
Debian always respects user ... so files installed in /usr/local has
precedence over package manager installed ones in plain /usr.
This is true for libraries and python modules. Since /usr/bin/getmail
is a mere module loader, it loads your leftover old module in /usr/local
Also package manager does not overwrite nor remove your files in man
directory, too. This is also respecting user.
After removing Debian package, you need to run:
# rm -f /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/getmail-4.43.0.egg-info
# rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/getmailcore
# rm -f /usr/share/man/man1/getmail*
This is to remove all your local files causing trouble ;-)
Then install the Debian getmail4 package. Then you are in good shape.
Regards,
Osamu
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