Public bug reported:
apt-get upgrade fails:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
wpasupplicant
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/987 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,096 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 263328 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu6.2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking wpasupplicant (2.4-0ubuntu6.2) over (2.4-0ubuntu6) ...
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu6.2_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/network', which is also in package resolvconf
1.78ubuntu4
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu6.2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
System Information:
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
apt-cache policy wpasupplicant
wpasupplicant:
Installed: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Candidate: 2.4-0ubuntu6.2
Version table:
2.4-0ubuntu6.2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 Packages
*** 2.4-0ubuntu6 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
apt-cache policy resolvconf
resolvconf:
Installed: 1.78ubuntu4
Candidate: 1.78ubuntu4
Version table:
*** 1.78ubuntu4 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.78ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
** Affects: wpa (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1729627
Title:
Error installing Xenial Update of wpasupplicant: Conflict with
resolvconf
Status in wpa package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
apt-get upgrade fails:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
wpasupplicant
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/987 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,096 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 263328 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu6.2_i386.deb ...
Unpacking wpasupplicant (2.4-0ubuntu6.2) over (2.4-0ubuntu6) ...
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu6.2_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/etc/network', which is also in package resolvconf
1.78ubuntu4
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/wpasupplicant_2.4-0ubuntu6.2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
System Information:
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
apt-cache policy wpasupplicant
wpasupplicant:
Installed: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Candidate: 2.4-0ubuntu6.2
Version table:
2.4-0ubuntu6.2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386
Packages
*** 2.4-0ubuntu6 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
apt-cache policy resolvconf
resolvconf:
Installed: 1.78ubuntu4
Candidate: 1.78ubuntu4
Version table:
*** 1.78ubuntu4 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.78ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
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