[issue262] smart is unable to edit it's configuration

[Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) at Labix Tracker]

Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) <mteixeira at webset.net> added the comment:

Smart forces the addition of deb-sys if it finds /var/lib/dpkg on the system.
It's very easy to reproduce:

mteixeira:~ # smart channel --show deb-sys
warning: Channel 'deb-sys' not found.

mteixeira:~ # mkdir /var/lib/dpkg
mteixeira:~ # smart channel --show deb-sys
[deb-sys]
type = deb-sys
name = DEB System

So, for some reason, you do have /var/lib/dpkg, and because of that Smart thinks
you have dpkg running.

You have the following options:

a) rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg && smart channel --remove deb-sys
or
b) smart channel --disable deb-sys

For (a), please, first make sure to know why the directory is there.

About the error on the GUI, it only means that it can't find the necessary
information to load the deb-sys channel (since you're not really running a
dpkg-based system).

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status: unread -> resolved

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