update and apt-get install -f fail to work.

Bug #1308231 reported by John Scull
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnutls26 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

littlejohn@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for littlejohn:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-3.2.0-48 linux-headers-3.2.0-48-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libgnutls26 libgnutls26:i386
Suggested packages:
  gnutls-bin gnutls-bin:i386
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libgnutls26 libgnutls26:i386
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 96 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/907 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: error processing libgnutls26:i386 (--configure):
 libgnutls26:i386 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6 cannot be configured because libgnutls26:amd64 is in a different version (2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5)
dpkg: error processing libgnutls26 (--configure):
 libgnutls26:amd64 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5 cannot be configured because libgnutls26:i386 is in a different version (2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6)
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Errors were encountered while processing:
 libgnutls26:i386
 libgnutls26
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
littlejohn@ubuntu:~$

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5 [modified: usr/share/doc/libgnutls26/changelog.Debian.gz]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-59.90-generic 3.2.54
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-59-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
AptOrdering:
 libgnutls26: Configure
 libgnutls26: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 15 12:57:24 2014
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing libgnutls26:i386 (--configure):
  libgnutls26:i386 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6 cannot be configured because libgnutls26:amd64 is in a different version (2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5)
 dpkg: error processing libgnutls26 (--configure):
  libgnutls26:amd64 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5 cannot be configured because libgnutls26:i386 is in a different version (2.12.14-5ubuntu3.6)
DuplicateSignature: package:libgnutls26:2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5 [modified: usr/share/doc/libgnutls26/changelog.Debian.gz]:libgnutls26:amd64 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5 cannot be configured because libgnutls26
ErrorMessage: libgnutls26:amd64 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5 cannot be configured because libgnutls26
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: gnutls26
Title: package libgnutls26 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5 [modified: usr/share/doc/libgnutls26/changelog.Debian.gz] failed to install/upgrade: libgnutls26:amd64 2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5 cannot be configured because libgnutls26
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

CVE References

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John Scull (scull-john) wrote :
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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote :

I suspect running "sudo apt-get update" first will fix this -- gnutls 2.2.14-5ubuntu3.5 was replaced in February and 3.6 was replaced in March: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnutls26/+publishinghistory 3.7 is current, it fixes CVE-2014-0092, so you will want to upgrade to the newest package.

Of course I don't know if it makes sense for you to have both x86 and x86-64 versions installed, but presumably there's some kind of reasoning.

Thanks

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John Scull (scull-john) wrote : Re: [Bug 1308231] Re: update and apt-get install -f fail to work.
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Thanks for the prompt reply. I did as you suggested and it made no
difference. The machine is AMD 64. This problem prevents me from running
update or installing software. Here's what happened:

littlejohn@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for littlejohn:
Get:1 http://linux.dropbox.com precise Release.gpg [489 B]
Get:2 http://linux.dropbox.com precise Release [2,603
B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise
Release.gpg
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:4 http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main amd64 Packages [1,142 B]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:6 http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main i386 Packages [1,142 B]
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main
TranslationIndex
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49.6 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise
Release
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6
kB]
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main
Translation-en_US
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com precise/main Translation-en
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [102 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main
Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/universe TranslationIndex
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Sources [454 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe Sources [30.9
kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse Sources
[1,797 B]
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Sources
[2,494 B]
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages [377
kB]
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/universe amd64 Packages
[91.8 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe Sources [106
kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse amd64
Packages [2,439 B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64
Packages [4,627 B]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [403
kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse Sources [8,909
B]
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Sources [8,028
B]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages [766
kB]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/univer...

tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnutls26 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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