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[AlexandreDomont]

Binary package hint: autofs

1) release
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

2) version of the package
autofs:
  Installé : 4.1.4+debian-2.1ubuntu1
  Candidat : 4.1.4+debian-2.1ubuntu1
 Table de version :
 *** 4.1.4+debian-2.1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

4) constatation

The package declares a conflict with itself

~
Package: autofs
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 476
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Jan Christoph Nordholz <email address hidden>
Architecture: i386
Version: 4.1.4+debian-2.1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), ucf
Recommends: module-init-tools, nfs-common
Conflicts: autofs
~

Then, in the changelog it comes to conflict with Samba and the Debian package, it is indeed a Conflicts: samba

Conclusion: Is it an editing error or else what is the goal of a conflict with oneself ?

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we can't fix it because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem. We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures.
At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
Thanks!

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[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Still happening with karmic.

Regards
chuck

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Autofs4 has been removed from the archive in favour of autofs5 for lucid. Im closing this then.

Regards
chuck