[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#820947: smbclient: [regression] pulls the server package "samba" via samba-libs since 2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1 (DSA 3548-1)

[Harald Dunkel]

I think you underestimate the problem. The next unattended
upgrade (using the 2nd set of new samba 4.2 packages) ran
into a dependency problem:

Log started: 2016-04-15  00:37:18
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 327171 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libwbclient0_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libwbclient0:amd64 (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../samba-dsdb-modules_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking samba-dsdb-modules (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../python-samba_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking python-samba (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../smbclient_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking smbclient (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libsmbclient_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libsmbclient:amd64 (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../samba-libs_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking samba-libs:amd64 (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-libs_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/samba/libsmbd-base.so.0', which is also in package samba 2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to unpack .../samba_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking samba (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../samba-common-bin_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking samba-common-bin (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../samba-common_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_all.deb ...
Unpacking samba-common (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2) over (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u4) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/samba-libs_2%3a4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u2_amd64.deb
Error in function:
Log ended: 2016-04-15  00:37:49


This won't go away. Even worse, after this the samba package
seems to have lost the "automatically installed" flag:

# dpkg -l samba
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
iU  samba          2:4.2.10+dfs amd64        SMB/CIFS file, print, and login s

Regards
Harri