update-loop with sce-update -a

[netnomad]

hi jason,

i use the last cut:
tc@box:~$ md5sum /mnt/sdb1/live/dcore-current/boot/dCore-jessie.gz
34f0ad5d27fe11974abdfeba1560f6e7  /mnt/sdb1/live/dcore-current/boot/dCore-jessie.gz

my libreoffice.sce.lst with two entries:
libreoffice-gnome
libreoffice-style-tango
requested an update-routine although there were no new packages.
after the update this package remains now in an update-loop.

thank you for your help.

[Jason W]

I just created an SCE from that same file list and I get no update notification when I run sce-update -a.

[netnomad]

hi jason,

i had the same luck with my 000-base-jessie!

000-base-jessie.sce.lst
console-setup
console-data
bash
mc
ssh
rsync
screen
grep
tar
zip
unzip
gzip
bzip2
xz-utils
p7zip-full
nmap
iptables
fail2ban
redsocks
pdnsd
tcpdump
gnupg
laptop-mode-tools
pm-utils
uswsusp
man-db
e2fsprogs
ntfs-3g
lvm2
cryptsetup
firmware-all
wifi
wireless
wpasupplicant
checkmissingdebs
libsmartcols1
inotify-tools
sce-deb2sce
sce-pkgcheck

the first time when i've run sce-update -a i got two update requests:
000-base-jessie with some updated packages, no update-loop :-)
libreoffice with no updated packages, with update-loop :-(

thank you for your help and patience.

[Jason W]

I still don't see any updates available.  What is the contents of /tmp/updateavailable after running sce-update -a?  Are you sure nothing in /usr'/bin is in your backup?

[netnomad]

hi jason,

i'm sure that there is nothing in /usr'/bin in my backup!

this is my /tmp/updateavailable:
SCE:  000-base-jessie
  Available package updates:
    None
 
SCE:  100-desktop-jessie
  Available package updates:
    None
 
SCE:  200-multimedia-jessie
  Available package updates:
    None
 
SCE:  libreoffice
  Available package updates:
    coinor-libcbc3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    coinor-libcgl1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    coinor-libclp1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    coinor-libcoinmp1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    coinor-libcoinutils3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    coinor-libosi1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    dh-python         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    dpkg         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    fonts-dejavu         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    fonts-dejavu-extra         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    fonts-sil-gentium-basic         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    iso-codes         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libabw-0.1-1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libblas-common         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libblas3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libboost-iostreams1.55.0         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libboost-system1.55.0         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libcdr-0.1-1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libcolamd2.8.0         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libe-book-0.1-1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libetonyek-0.1-1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libfreehand-0.1-1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libgfortran3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libgstreamer1.0-0         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    liblapack3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libmpdec2         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libmspub-0.1-1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libmwaw-0.3-3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libncursesw5         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    liborc-0.4-0         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    liborcus-0.8-0         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libpython3-stdlib         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libpython3.4         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libpython3.4-minimal         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libpython3.4-stdlib         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libquadmath0         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreadline6         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-base         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-base-core         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-base-drivers         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-calc         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-draw         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-impress         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-java-common         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-math         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-report-builder-bin         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libreoffice-writer         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libvisio-0.1-1         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libwpd-0.10-10         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libwpg-0.3-3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    libwps-0.3-3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    lp-solve         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    mime-support         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    python3         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    python3-minimal         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    python3-uno         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    python3.4         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    python3.4-minimal         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
    readline-common         ---  is no longer needed by libreoffice.sce or it's SCE deps.
 
 SCE:  original-modules-3.16.6-tinycore
  Available package updates:
    None
 
 SCE:  virtualbox
  Available package updates:
    None

thank you for your help.

[Jason W]

What are your /opt/debextra entries if any, and post the contents of or attach your /usr/local/sce/libreoffice/libreoffice.md5sum.

Have you modified the libreoffice.sce.lst file in any way?

[netnomad]

hi jason,

tc@box:/opt/debextra$ ls
jessie-security
tc@box:/opt/debextra$ cat jessie-security
http://security.debian.org/debian-security jessie/updates main

actually libreoffice is usually not mounted in my setup, ondemand.
after loading libreoffice, i uploaded libreoffice.md5sum and libreoffice-data.md5sum as an attachment.

i guess that i didn't change the libreoffice.sce.lst for over one year.
if i edit lst-files, i manually change the package- and the package.sce.lst-file in the same manner,
that both are identical... but i do it manually with an editor.

thank you for your help.

[Jason W]

Security updates no longer need to be put in /opt/debextra, they are included by default now.

Also, your libreoffice.md5sum file has 236 entries, mine has 285.

So the next thing to do is to remove the libreoffice.sce* files which can be done with sce-remove.  Remove the /opt/debextra/jessie-security file,  then reboot, and create a new libreoffice file with the same below entries.

libreoffice-gnome
libreoffice-style-tango

Please also attach your existing libreoffice.sce.lst file. 
Thanks

[netnomad]

hi jason,

everything works fine now.

there is only one little remark i want to tell you:
my 100-desktop-jessie and my 200-multimedia-jessie increased about 30% in size, although i use the same depended sce-packages like before.
never mind, but just to inform you.

thank you for your pleasant way and great work.

[Jason W]

Ok, I will look into the increase in size and see if it is the same on my box.

[netnomad]

hi jason,

more update-loops:

100-desktop-jessie
libreoffice
virtualbox
 
 
The above SCEs are about to be updated.  Press Enter to proceed, y to view package updates, or Ctrl-C to abort..^C

tc@box:~$ md5sum /mnt/sdb1/live/dcore-current/boot/dCore-jessie.gz
a678d7576abc39022f52add07734642f  /mnt/sdb1/live/dcore-current/boot/dCore-jessie.gz

thank you for your help.

[Jason W]

Ok, replace your /usr/bin/importupdatecheck with the one attached, make sure it is executable, and then attach the resulting /tmp/updateavailable.  It may be too large to attach, if so find somewhere to upload it. 

Also, post the contents of any .lst and .dep files those SCEs have.

Thanks.

[netnomad]

the requested files attached...

[attachment deleted by admin]

[Jason W]

Thanks, that points me exactly to the issue, I am at work now but will make the fix later today.

[Jason W]

The md5sum field is blank for some meta packages like fontconfig in the /usr/local/sce/$SCE/*.md5sum file.  This is not supposed to be possible, as only if there is a deb to download should the entry in in the md5sum file at all, and I have reviewed deb2sce to make sure.

Are those SCEs being re-imported, or have you tried simply importing them and then running an update?

EDIT: fontconfig is not a meta package, but it gets it's md5 correctly listed in the /usr/local/sce/$SCE/*.md5sum file on my setup.