Updating GConf and ORBit2 in Gslapt

[andyprice]

Happy New Year to everyone!

I usually keep my Salix 13.37 Xfce up to date via Gslapt. The last few times I've noticed that it keeps trying to update GConf-2.32.1-i486-1 to GConf-2.32.1-i486-1gv and ORBit2-2.14.19-i486-1 to ORBit2-2.14.19-i486-1gv along with other updates. All the updates appear to go through ok but these two keep coming back, and when I look for them in Gslapt it shows that they haven't been updated.

However, when I search for them in slapt-get, it shows that both versions -1 and -1gv are installed:
GConf-2.32.1-i486-1 [inst=yes]: GConf (GNOME configuration library)
GConf-2.32.1-i486-1gv [inst=yes]: GConf (the GNOME Configuration database system)
ORBit2-2.14.19-i486-1 [inst=yes]: ORBit2 (CORBA ORB library)
ORBit2-2.14.19-i486-1gv [inst=yes]: ORBit2 (a high-performance CORBA)

If I try to install the -1gv package manually it says it's already installed. Any suggestions for getting Gslapt to realise this?

Thanks
Andy

[Shador]

Try:

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slapt-get --no-dep --remove GConf ORBit2
slapt-get --no-dep --remove GConf ORBit2
slapt-get -i GConf ORBit2

This should remove GConf and ORBit2 while leaving requiring packages in place. The second call to the same command is just to be sure they are both removed, so it should return package not installed. The reinstall both packages.

[andyprice]

Thanks, that's solved the problem. The output from slapt-get was interesting as it seemed to take both steps to remove the packages:

root[andy]# slapt-get --no-dep --remove GConf ORBit2
Reading Package Lists...Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
GConf ORBit2
0 upgraded, 0 reinstalled, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove, 0 not upgraded.
After unpacking 0.0kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [y/N] y

Removing package GConf-2.32.1-i486-1...
WARNING: File was already removed. (etc/gconf/2/evoldap.conf.new)
WARNING: File was already removed. (etc/gconf/2/path.new)
Removing package ORBit2-2.14.19-i486-1...
Done
root[andy]# slapt-get --no-dep --remove GConf ORBit2
Reading Package Lists...Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
GConf ORBit2
0 upgraded, 0 reinstalled, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove, 0 not upgraded.
After unpacking 0.0kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [y/N] y

Removing package GConf-2.32.1-i486-1gv...
Removing package ORBit2-2.14.19-i486-1gv...
Done

After re-installing in slapt-get I updated Gslapt, marked all upgrades and the two packages no longer showed their faces!
Thanks again.