Ubuntu
lm-sensors package

package libsensors4 1:3.3.1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package

Bug #951493 reported by camillo imbimbo on 2012-03-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #987714: dpkg in precise incorrectly reports multiarch conffile conflicts. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	lm-sensors (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

Release:Ubuntu precise (development branch)

Got this error message while installing the following packages on ubuntu 12.04:

ubuntu-restricted-extras
gnome-do
openssh-server
texlive
texlive-math-extra
gFTP
hardinfo

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libsensors4 1:3.3.1-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 10 13:18:04 2012
DuplicateSignature:
Unpacking libsensors4:i386 (from .../libsensors4_1%3a3.3.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsensors4_1%3a3.3.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
ErrorMessage: conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
SourcePackage: lm-sensors
Title: package libsensors4 1:3.3.1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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camillo imbimbo (camillo-imbimbo) wrote on 2012-03-10:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (15.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (481 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (402 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (30.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (105.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (20.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-03-10

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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote on 2012-03-14:

Thanks for reporting this bug. It appears to have to do with the multiarch stuff.

I can reproduce it by doing:

apt-get install libsensors4:i386
apt-get install libsensors4

Changed in lm-sensors (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → Confirmed

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Sachin (sachin-gadani) wrote on 2012-05-27:

I also have this issue after upgrading from i386 to amd64 12.04.

$sudo apt-get upgrade
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:
libsensors4-dev:i386 : Depends: libsensors4:i386 (= 1:3.3.1-2ubuntu1) but it is not installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.

add the -f option and it tries to install:

[...]Unpacking libsensors4:i386 (from .../libsensors4_1%3a3.3.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libsensors4_1%3a3.3.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
conffile './etc/sensors.d/.placeholder' is not in sync with other instances of the same package
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libsensors4_1%3a3.3.1-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)