[gutsy] udev, volumeid, dmsetup won't upgrade

Downloading and installing the packages by hand fixes the problem.

libdevmapper1.02_1.02.08-1ubuntu10_amd64.deb udev_113-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
volumeid_113-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb

then apt-get -y dist-upgrade will upgrade dmsetup

wateenellende wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: udev
>
> These 3 packages seem to be related to each other in a way that won;t
> allow them to upgrade...
>
> $ sudo apt-get install dmsetup
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> dmsetup: Breaks: udev (< 113-0ubuntu1) but 103-0ubuntu13 is to be installed
> udev: Depends: volumeid (= 103-0ubuntu13) but 113-0ubuntu6 is to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> ** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>

apt-get simply didn't download the additional packages, so was correctly safe-guarding you from having a broken system. If you'd used aptitude or the update-manager, you would have been fine.

In that case then this is a bug in apt, I think. I have just had a similar problem with rss-glx and enblend not updating using adept. When I tried to update them using apt-get I discovered that they needed a particular library, which I was then able to install easily, also using apt-get. Users should expect this kind of thing to be corrected automatically.

I should add that even if adept would work and apt-get would not, this
would be problematic because there are problems with adept-updater.
See Bug 144722.

On 10/3/07, Robert Persson <email address hidden> wrote:
> In that case then this is a bug in apt, I think. I have just had a
> similar problem with rss-glx and enblend not updating using adept. When
> I tried to update them using apt-get I discovered that they needed a
> particular library, which I was then able to install easily, also using
> apt-get. Users should expect this kind of thing to be corrected
> automatically.
>
> ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: udev => apt
> Status: Invalid => New
>
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> [gutsy] udev, volumeid, dmsetup won't upgrade
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132441
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This is fine now in Jaunty, as I believe it is now installed by default. Closing bug report.

Correction: Marking Fix Released :)