Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: adept-updater
This bug probably deserves high priority, as it breaks the updating
mechanism and leaves novice users with a broken system, that may not
even boot.
Today I used adept_updater to get some new updates. One of these updates wanted
to install a new version of the configuration file
`/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common'. Adept crashed due to an error
that would break a package or something. Then I opened Konsole and did an
`aptitude upgrade`. I got the message "dpkg was interrupted, you must manually
run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.". So I entered 'dpkg
--configure -a' and it came up with the text below:
-----------------------------------
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-13-generic
Setting up linux-restricted-modules-common (2.6.22.4-13.6) ...
Configuration file `/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** linux-restricted-modules-common (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? D
Configuration file `/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** linux-restricted-modules-common (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
Installing new version of config file
/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common ...
-----------------------------------
I think I know what the problem is. Because the Nvidia binary driver in the
repository's is version 100.14.11, I manually installed version 100.14.19.
During installation I needed to edit the file
'/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common' to add the modules `nv` and
`nvidia_new` to the blacklist.
The bug is that adept crashes in stead of asking me whether I want to keep the
old file or replace it with the maintainers version.
By the way, I chose to replace mine with the maintainer's version, as I will
need to recompile the Nvidia-driver for my new kernel. I can then add those two
modules to the blacklist again.
** Affects: adept (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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adept crashes because it can't ask to keep a configuration file or to use a
newer version
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/149803
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