Bug 384416

Created attachment 210923 [details]
/var/log/zypper*

Seems like you have two nscd versions installed:

[zypper] zypper-misc.cc(summary):1173 <uninstall> (45746)nscd-2.8-6.i586(@System)
[zypper] zypper-misc.cc(summary):1173 <uninstall> (45747)nscd-2.8-8.i586(@System)

Actually rpm shows that too:

rpm -qa | grep nscd
nscd-2.8-6
nscd-2.8-8

zypper produces:

* Downloading: nscd-2.8-8.i586.rpm [done]
* Installing: nscd-2.8-8
Installation of nscd-2.8-8 failed:
(with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: failed to stat /home/antonyarendt/.gvfs: Permission denied
insserv: Service boot.clock has to be enabled for service nscd
insserv: exiting now!
error: %post(nscd-2.8-8.i586) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

But that would not explain the rest of packages being repetitively reinstalled.

Also if nscd is installed twice, that's another zypper problem presumably.

What are you suggesting ?

Tried the following:

workstation6l:/var/log # rpm -e nscd
error: "nscd" specifies multiple packages

workstation6l:/var/log # rpm -e nscd-2.8-6
error: failed to stat /home/antonyarendt/.gvfs: Permission denied
..dead

workstation6l:/var/log # rpm -qa | grep nscd
nscd-2.8-8
libnscd-2.0.2-75

workstation6l:/var/log # zypper clean
All repositories have been cleaned up.

workstation6l:/var/log # zypper dup
Reading installed packages...

The following package is going to be upgraded:
  bundle-lang-gnome-ja 


The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  bundle-lang-gnome-nb 


The following packages are going to be reinstalled:
  iwl3945-ucode flash-player java-1_6_0-sun gst-fluendo-mp3 


Overall download size: 30.5 M. After the operation, additional 2.7 M will be used.
Continue? [YES/no]:

what gives ?

Continuing with YES:

Continue? [YES/no]: YES
Downloading package bundle-lang-gnome-nb-11.0-119.noarch, 799.0 K (2.6 M unpacked)
* Installing: bundle-lang-gnome-nb-11.0-119
Downloading package bundle-lang-gnome-ja-11.0-124.noarch, 1.1 M (4.0 M unpacked)
* Downloading: bundle-lang-gnome-ja-11.0-124.noarch.rpm [done (499.8 K/s)]
* Installing: bundle-lang-gnome-ja-11.0-124
Downloading package iwl3945-ucode-2.14.1.5-44.noarch, 63.0 K (154.0 K unpacked)
* Downloading: iwl3945-ucode-2.14.1.5-44.noarch.rpm [done]
* Installing: iwl3945-ucode-2.14.1.5-44
Downloading package flash-player-9.0.124.0-4.i586, 4.8 M (15.4 M unpacked)
* Downloading: flash-player-9.0.124.0-4.i586.rpm [done (588.5 K/s)]
* Installing: flash-player-9.0.124.0-4
Downloading package java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u5-7.i586, 23.5 M (86.1 M unpacked)
* Downloading: java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u5-7.i586.rpm [done (523.3 K/s)]
* Installing: java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u5-7
Downloading package gst-fluendo-mp3-2-62.i586, 210.0 K (1.1 M unpacked)
* Downloading: gst-fluendo-mp3-2-62.i586.rpm [done]
* Installing: gst-fluendo-mp3-2-62

workstation6l:/var/log # zypper dup
Reading installed packages...

The following package is going to be upgraded:
  bundle-lang-gnome-nb 


The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  bundle-lang-gnome-nl 


The following packages are going to be reinstalled:
  iwl3945-ucode flash-player java-1_6_0-sun gst-fluendo-mp3 


Overall download size: 30.5 M. After the operation, additional 3.3 M will be used.
Continue? [YES/no]:

I would say remove double packages from your system via the rpm call.
If there are still inclear dependencies please generate a testcase and add
it to bugzilla. Thanks.

The attachment already contains a testcase, sorry for not explicitly mentioning it.

Also the packages chosen for reinstall by zypper are not duplicate according to rpm:

rpm -q iwl3945-ucode flash-player java-1_6_0-sun gst-fluendo-mp3
iwl3945-ucode-2.14.1.5-44
flash-player-9.0.124.0-4
java-1_6_0-sun-1.6.0.u5-7
gst-fluendo-mp3-2-62

Currently zypper does:

zypper dup
* Downloading repository 'Packman-openSuSE-11.0' metadata.
* Building repository 'Packman-openSuSE-11.0' cache
* Downloading repository 'Packman-openSuSE-10.3' metadata.
* Building repository 'Packman-openSuSE-10.3' cache
Reading installed packages...

The following package is going to be upgraded:
  bundle-lang-gnome-nl 


The following NEW package is going to be installed:
  bundle-lang-gnome-pl 


The following packages are going to be reinstalled:
  iwl3945-ucode flash-player java-1_6_0-sun gst-fluendo-mp3 


Overall download size: 30.6 M. After the operation, additional 3.2 M will be used.
Continue? [YES/no]: n

You'right. Please retry with zypper 0.11.2 (shows also arch and vendor changes in the summary) or 0.11.3 (will be available in few days) and attach the test case.

Also take a look at bug 385972 and check if this is not a duplicate of that one.

I don't think it's a duplicate of Bug 385972, as all listed packages are factory and factory-non-oss

After updating from factory 

zypper -V 
zypper 0.11.2

zypper dup
Reading installed packages...
Nothing to do.

so it looks as though zypper has come to. 

It's back after updating from factory just now:

# zypper -V
zypper 0.11.2

# zypper ref
Repository 'Packman-openSuSE-11.0' is up to date.
Repository 'Packman-openSuSE-10.3' is up to date.
Repository 'openSuSE-11.0-Update' is up to date.
Repository 'openSuSE-Factory-Debug' is up to date.
Repository 'openSuSE-Factory' is up to date.
Repository 'openSuSE-Factory-nonOSS' is up to date.
Repository 'Videolan-openSuSE-11.0' is up to date.
All repositories have been refreshed.

# zypper dup
Reading installed packages...

The following packages are going to be upgraded:
  iwl3945-ucode AdobeICCProfiles java-1_6_0-sun-plugin java-1_6_0-sun gst-fluendo-mp3 
flash-player 


Overall download size: 32.2 M. No additional space will be used or freed after the operation.
Continue? [YES/no]: n

see also bug #390347

It doesn't seem to do that presently any more.

libzypp-4.23.0-2
zypper-0.11.3-5

Yes, seems it's fixed. Thanx.