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Author: Richard Glynos
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To: Keith Williams
CC: BitFolk Users
Subject: Re: [bitfolk] I've broken my Debian Jessie package update / upgrade system
Thanks Keith,

This episode has confirmed once more we've got an excellent user group with
BitFolk.

Richard.

On Mon, 29 Apr 2019, 18:21 Keith Williams, <keithwilliamsnp@???>
wrote:

> Great news! I have been watching quietly on the sidelines as my knowledge
> is not enough to have given useful help. But well done
>
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 23:29, Richard Glynos <richardmglynos@???>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh goodness me! It looks like everything has been sorted out now. I
>> tried once more with
>> apt-get -f install
>> and this time unlike the previous times apt appears to have fixed things.
>> Here is the output:
>>
>> root@rglynsvr:~# apt-get -f install
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> Correcting dependencies... Done
>> The following extra packages will be installed:
>> libsystemd0 libudev1 systemd udev
>> Suggested packages:
>> systemd-ui
>> Recommended packages:
>> libpam-systemd
>> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>> udev
>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>> libsystemd0 libudev1 systemd
>> 3 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
>> Need to get 3,616 kB of archives.
>> After this operation, 6,068 kB of additional disk space will be used.
>> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
>> Get:1
>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
>> jessie/updates/main libudev1 i386 215-17+deb8u13 [61.4 kB]
>> Get:2
>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
>> jessie/updates/main udev i386 215-17+deb8u13 [880 kB]
>> Get:3
>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
>> jessie/updates/main systemd i386 215-17+deb8u13 [2,576 kB]
>> Get:4
>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
>> jessie/updates/main libsystemd0 i386 215-17+deb8u13 [98.3 kB]
>> Fetched 3,616 kB in 0s (5,813 kB/s)
>> Reading changelogs...
>> Preconfiguring packages ...
>> (Reading database ... 96197 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_215-17+deb8u13_i386.deb ...
>> Unpacking libudev1:i386 (215-17+deb8u13) over (215-17+deb8u12) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package udev.
>> Preparing to unpack .../udev_215-17+deb8u13_i386.deb ...
>> Unpacking udev (215-17+deb8u13) ...
>> Selecting previously unselected package systemd.
>> Preparing to unpack .../systemd_215-17+deb8u13_i386.deb ...
>> Unpacking systemd (215-17+deb8u13) over (215-17+deb8u12) ...
>> Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_215-17+deb8u13_i386.deb ...
>> Unpacking libsystemd0:i386 (215-17+deb8u13) over (215-17+deb8u12) ...
>> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
>> Processing triggers for dbus (1.8.22-0+deb8u1) ...
>> Setting up libsystemd0:i386 (215-17+deb8u13) ...
>> Setting up libudev1:i386 (215-17+deb8u13) ...
>> Setting up udev (215-17+deb8u13) ...
>> addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
>> Setting up systemd (215-17+deb8u13) ...
>> addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group.
>> Exiting.
>> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...
>> :~#
>>
>> I can't say I'm totally clear on what has corrected the system, I'm
>> guessing a combination of correcting the sources.lists and the final
>> apt-get -f install .
>>
>> Well anyway, many thanks to all for the suggestions and help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard.
>>
>> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 17:09, Richard Glynos <richardmglynos@???>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andy,
>>>
>>> Yes, I did do apt update after changing sources.
>>>
>>> Here is the output of apt -a show systemd. I issued the command without
>>> the -a initially but at the end of the output it said there were two
>>> additional records and suggested adding -a to the command. Have I got two
>>> systemd versions mixing things up perhaps?
>>>
>>> --------------------
>>> ~# apt -a show systemd
>>> Package: systemd
>>> Version: 215-17+deb8u13
>>> Installed-Size: 12.2 MB
>>> Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers <
>>> pkg-systemd-maintainers@???>
>>> Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libblkid1 (>=
>>> 2.19.1), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup4 (>= 2:1.4.3), libkmod2 (>=
>>> 5~), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9), libsystemd0 (=
>>> 215-17+deb8u13), util-linux (>= 2.19.1-2), mount (>= 2.21), initscripts (>=
>>> 2.88dsf-53.2), sysv-rc, udev (>= 208-8), acl, adduser, libcap2-bin
>>> Suggests: systemd-ui
>>> Conflicts: klogd
>>> Breaks: lsb-base (<< 4.1+Debian4), lvm2 (<< 2.02.104-1), systemd-shim
>>> (<< 8-2)
>>> Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
>>> Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), liblzma5 (>=
>>> 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
>>> Recommends: libpam-systemd, dbus
>>> Section: admin
>>> Priority: extra
>>> Download-Size: 2,576 kB
>>> APT-Sources:
>>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/security.debian.org/debian-security/
>>> jessie/updates/main i386 Packages
>>> Description: system and service manager
>>> systemd is a replacement for sysvinit. It is dependency-based and
>>> able to read the LSB init script headers in addition to parsing rcN.d
>>> links as hints.
>>> .
>>> It also provides process supervision using cgroups and the ability to
>>> not only depend on other init script being started, but also
>>> availability of a given mount point or dbus service.
>>>
>>> Installing the systemd package will not switch your init system unless
>>> you
>>> boot with init=/bin/systemd or install systemd-sysv in addition.
>>>
>>> Package: systemd
>>> Version: 215-17+deb8u7
>>> Installed-Size: 12.2 MB
>>> Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers <
>>> pkg-systemd-maintainers@???>
>>> Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libblkid1 (>=
>>> 2.19.1), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libcryptsetup4 (>= 2:1.4.3), libkmod2 (>=
>>> 5~), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 2.1.9), libsystemd0 (=
>>> 215-17+deb8u7), util-linux (>= 2.19.1-2), mount (>= 2.21), initscripts (>=
>>> 2.88dsf-53.2), sysv-rc, udev (>= 208-8), acl, adduser, libcap2-bin
>>> Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), liblzma5 (>=
>>> 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
>>> Recommends: libpam-systemd, dbus
>>> Suggests: systemd-ui
>>> Conflicts: klogd
>>> Breaks: lsb-base (<< 4.1+Debian4), lvm2 (<< 2.02.104-1), systemd-shim
>>> (<< 8-2)
>>> Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
>>> Section: admin
>>> Priority: important
>>> Download-Size: 2,574 kB
>>> APT-Sources:
>>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/debian/ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/
>>> jessie/main i386 Packages
>>> Description: system and service manager
>>> systemd is a replacement for sysvinit. It is dependency-based and
>>> able to read the LSB init script headers in addition to parsing rcN.d
>>> links as hints.
>>> .
>>> It also provides process supervision using cgroups and the ability to
>>> not only depend on other init script being started, but also
>>> availability of a given mount point or dbus service.
>>> .
>>> Installing the systemd package will not switch your init system unless
>>> you
>>> boot with init=/bin/systemd or install systemd-sysv in addition.
>>>
>>> --------------------------
>>>
>>> Also, here is the result of
>>>
>>> # apt -s install systemd udev libpam-systemd
>>>
>>> root@rglynsvr:~# apt -s install systemd udev libpam-systemd
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
>>> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>  libpam-systemd : Depends: systemd-shim (>= 8-2) but it is not going to
>>> be installed or
>>>                            systemd-sysv but it is not going to be
>>> installed
>>>  systemd : Depends: libsystemd0 (= 215-17+deb8u13) but 215-17+deb8u12 is
>>> to be installed
>>>  udev : Depends: libudev1 (= 215-17+deb8u13) but 215-17+deb8u12 is to be
>>> installed
>>> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
>>> specify a solution).

>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Richard.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 15:14, Andy Smith <andy@???> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Richard,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 02:52:59PM +0200, Richard Glynos wrote:
>>>> > The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>> > libpam-systemd : Depends: systemd (= 215-17+deb8u7) but
>>>> 215-17+deb8u12 is to be installed
>>>>
>>>> I'm a bit curious as to why it seems to be trying to install version
>>>> 215-17+deb8u12 of systemd when jessie/updates has 215-17+deb8u13:
>>>>
>>>>     https://packages.debian.org/jessie/systemd

>>>>
>>>> Did you do "apt update" after changing your sources.list?
>>>>
>>>> Do it again anyway, just to be sure. Then try this again. And if it
>>>> doesn't work can you please show the output of:
>>>>
>>>> $ apt show systemd
>>>>
>>>> Also:
>>>>
>>>> # apt -s install systemd udev libpam-systemd
>>>>
>>>> (The -s is for simulate so this won't do anything except tell us
>>>> what it wanted to do)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Andy
>>>>
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