How do I force an upgrade to overwrite my prior changes?

Reed · 24. Februar 2016

A while ago I modified the openmediavault-update-smart-drivedb file so it would redirect to /dev/null messages that were showing up in notification e-mails. When I did the latest update to 2.2 I got the following:

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Configuration file `/etc/cron.weekly/openmediavault-update-smart-drivedb'
 ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
 ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
 ==> Using current old file as you requested.

Is there a way I can force it to use the updated file instead of my modified file?

davidh2k · 28. Februar 2016

Deleting the file and running apt-get --reinstall install openmediavault should regenerate the original file.

Greetings
David

Reed · 28. Februar 2016

Thanks davidh2k. Since 2.2.1 is now released I have another problem. I believe I need to use the 2.2.0 update to redo the file, but we are now at 2.2.1.

The command you gave re-installs 2.2.1, but that doesn't replace the file. Trying to use "apt-get --reinstall install openmediavault package=2.2.0" gives an error "E: Unable to locate package package".

davidh2k · 28. Februar 2016

Whats the output of apt-get update?

Greetings
David

Reed · 28. Februar 2016

apt-get update runs fine.

Also, apt-get --reinstall install openmediavault also runs fine, it just reinstalls 2.2.1 which doesn't solve the original problem which occurred with 2.2.0.

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root@openmediavault:~# apt-get update
Ign file:  Release.gpg
Ign file:  Release
Ign file:  Translation-en_US
Ign file:  Translation-en
Get:1 http://http.debian.net wheezy-backports Release.gpg [1,554 B]
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Get:2 http://http.debian.net wheezy-backports Release [161 kB]
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports Release.gpg [1,554 B]
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://dh2k.omv-extras.org plex-wheezy-mirror Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://http.debian.net wheezy-backports/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports Release [161 kB]
Hit http://packages.openmediavault.org stoneburner Release.gpg
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-backports Release.gpg
Ign http://dh2k.omv-extras.org stoneburner-miller Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner Release.gpg
Hit http://dh2k.omv-extras.org plex-wheezy-mirror Release
Hit http://packages.openmediavault.org stoneburner Release
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-plex Release.gpg
Hit http://dh2k.omv-extras.org stoneburner-miller Release
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-backports Release
Hit http://dh2k.omv-extras.org plex-wheezy-mirror/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://packages.openmediavault.org stoneburner/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner Release
Hit http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-plex Release
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-backports/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://dh2k.omv-extras.org stoneburner-miller/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports/contrib Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.debian.org wheezy-backports/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-plex/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://packages.openmediavault.org stoneburner/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dh2k.omv-extras.org plex-wheezy-mirror/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.openmediavault.org stoneburner/main Translation-en
Ign http://dh2k.omv-extras.org plex-wheezy-mirror/main Translation-en
Hit http://dh2k.omv-extras.org stoneburner-miller/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://dh2k.omv-extras.org stoneburner-miller/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://dh2k.omv-extras.org stoneburner-miller/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-backports/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-backports/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-plex/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.omv-extras.org stoneburner-plex/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg
Get:5 http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release.gpg [1,554 B]
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org wheezy-updates/main Translation-en
Fetched 327 kB in 2min 4s (2,634 B/s)
Creating index of upgradeable packages ...
Creating index of openmediavault plugins ...
Reading package lists... Done

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davidh2k · 28. Februar 2016

Zitat von Reed

which doesn't solve the original problem which occurred with 2.2.0.

Which would that be? Asking if the file should be replaced or not? Even when reinstalling 2.2.1 and the file missing due to a manual removal it should regenerate it.

Greetings
David

Reed · 28. Februar 2016

I did try removing it (or rather I moved it to a different name <file>_bak) and then I ran the reinstall command. Unfortunately, it did not regenerate the file.

Was this file superceeded by another file? I have two smart files in the cron.weekly directory:

openmediavault-update-smart-drivedb
openmediavault-update-smart-drivedb.dpkg-dist

The first generates an error when run:
root@openmediavault:/etc/cron.weekly# ./openmediavault-update-smart-drivedb
/usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h.error: rejected by /usr/sbin/smartctl, probably no longer compatible

The second works fine:
root@openmediavault:/etc/cron.weekly# ./openmediavault-update-smart-drivedb.dpkg-dist
Updating smartmontools 5.41 drive database ...
/usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h updated from branches/RELEASE_5_41_DRIVEDB

If the first was removed and replaced by the second, then that would explain why it isn't being replaced.

davidh2k · 28. Februar 2016

You can download the original file via wget https://sourceforge.net/p/openmediavault/code/HEAD/tree/branches/2.x/deb/openmediavault/etc/cron.weekly/openmediavault-update-smart-drivedb?format=raw and move it to the desired location, make sure to check that permissions are set correctly.

Greetings
David

Reed · 28. Februar 2016

I'm getting an error, and I feel like I should have been able to figure out the cause, but after poking around for 5-10 minutes I'm still not sure why I'm getting the error:

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root@openmediavault:/etc/cron.weekly# wget https://sourceforge.net/p/openmediavault/code/HEAD/tree/branches/2.x/deb/openmediavault/etc/cron.weekly/openmediavault-update-smart-drivedb?format=raw
-bash: $'\342\200\213wget': command not found

subzero79 · 28. Februar 2016

Go to the link in browser, copy from the url bar. Go to terminal type wget manually and paste the link

Reed · 29. Februar 2016

Perfect, I have it updated now.

The OMV GUI install options were setup to preserve user changes to system files, but for me this is problematic because I'd rather have the new files. For the future, what apt-get options control whether it overwrites/doesn't overwrite user changed files?

subzero79 · 29. Februar 2016

Zitat von Reed

what apt-get options control whether it overwrites/doesn't overwrite user changed files?

Use the terminal to update, by this time you already figured out that the webGUI is non interactive when executing commands. So the user cannot input Yes/ no or whatever, apt-get is issued with -y option which is yes to everything in the update manager

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