Hi, i had a little problem with debfoster just now:

dpkg: ld.so.preload-manager: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 libsafe depends on ld.so.preload-manager (>= 0.1).
Removing ld.so.preload-manager ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libsafe

dpkg should not remove ld.so.preload-manager and its probably some
--force-* option causing this. I suspect debfoster of supplying it or
something it uses. If thats not the case hand it down the chain of
tools you use.

MfG
	Goswin

Goswin Brederlow wrote:

Could you please send your /var/lib/dpkg/status and
/var/lib/debfoster/keepers (bzip2'ed) to me (privately)?


	Ivo

Ivo Timmermans <ivo@debian.org> writes:

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root@alpha:~root# debfoster

pppoeconf is keeping the following 1 packages installed:
  pppoe
Keep pppoeconf? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S

reportbug is keeping the following 4 packages installed:
  libssl0.9.6 python python2.1 zlib1g
Keep reportbug? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S

perl is keeping the following 2 packages installed:
  libgdbmg1 perl-modules
Keep perl? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S

base-config is keeping the following 1 packages installed:
  tasksel
Keep base-config? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S

libsafe is keeping the following 1 packages installed:
  ld.so.preload-manager
Keep libsafe? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: N
Keep aboot? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep cpio? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep debfoster? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep dhcp-client? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep fdutils? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep gettext-base? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep ld.so.preload-manager? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: N
Keep libexpat1? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep manpages? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep mime-support? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep modconf? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep pciutils? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep pppconfig? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep telnet? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Keep zsh? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: S
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ld.so.preload-manager* libsafe*
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 65  not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 221kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 7574 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libsafe ...
/lib/libsafe.so.2 was not found in /etc/ld.so.preload
dpkg: error processing libsafe (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: ld.so.preload-manager: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 libsafe depends on ld.so.preload-manager (>= 0.1); however:
  Package ld.so.preload-manager is to be removed.
Removing ld.so.preload-manager ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libsafe
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Is it apt thats setting the force flag?

root@alpha:~root# apt-get remove ld.so.preload-manager libsafe                  Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ld.so.preload-manager libsafe
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 65  not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 221kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 7574 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libsafe ...
/lib/libsafe.so.2 was not found in /etc/ld.so.preload
dpkg: error processing libsafe (--remove):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: ld.so.preload-manager: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 libsafe depends on ld.so.preload-manager (>= 0.1); however:
  Package ld.so.preload-manager is to be removed.
Removing ld.so.preload-manager ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libsafe
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Whatever it is, apt-get does it too so debfoster is probably not to
blame.

MfG
        Goswin

PS: status and keeper files on its way.