Activity log for bug #332338

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-02-21 00:32:47 David bug added bug
2009-02-21 00:32:47 David bug added attachment 'Dependencies.txt' (Dependencies.txt)
2009-02-21 00:32:47 David bug added attachment 'DpkgTerminalLog.gz' (DpkgTerminalLog.gz)
2009-02-25 13:37:01 Thierry Carrez samba: status New Incomplete
2009-02-25 13:37:01 Thierry Carrez samba: statusexplanation Could you try: sudo apt-get purge samba-common samba The retry installing samba by sharing your folder. If the problem persists, could you please attach: - /etc/samba/smb.conf - any log file under /var/log/samba/ Thanks !
2009-02-26 07:26:35 Thierry Carrez samba: status Incomplete Invalid
2009-02-26 07:26:35 Thierry Carrez samba: statusexplanation Could you try: sudo apt-get purge samba-common samba The retry installing samba by sharing your folder. If the problem persists, could you please attach: - /etc/samba/smb.conf - any log file under /var/log/samba/ Thanks ! David: yes, that would explain it. Manually deleting the smb.conf file after a removal, and then trying to reinstall the package, would fail. the proper way is to "apt-get purge" the package (which gets rid of smb.conf) before reinstalling. That said, this behavior is confusing and cause of several bugs, so we should certainly find a way of being a little more tolerant to that special case. I'll close this bug as Invalid but might open another one (wishlist item) on how to fail more gracefully in that case. Many thanks for your help !
2009-03-04 14:40:58 Thierry Carrez marked as duplicate 312449