0000685: Metasploit will not install/Breaks Custom ARM Build (Depends on Old Version of metasploit-framework) - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000685	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2013-11-02 18:51	2013-11-06 08:21

Reporter	skysploit	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Platform	Odroid-XU	OS	Kali	OS Version	1.0
Product Version	1.0.5

Summary	0000685: Metasploit will not install/Breaks Custom ARM Build (Depends on Old Version of metasploit-framework)
Description	When building a custom Kali Odroid-XU image installing "metasploit" breaks the "apt-get install --yes --force-yes $packages" portion of the build script... After building the armhf image (w/o metasploit) running apt-get nets the following results; root@kali:~# apt-get install metasploit Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: metasploit : Depends: metasploit-framework (>= 4.7.2-2013103001-1) but 4.7.2-2013101601-1kali0 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Steps To Reproduce	apt-get install metasploit (from armhf)
Additional Information	Not sure if this is problem is reproducible on any other ARM platform... Contents of sources.list deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free Build Script Used (Modified for Native Arm Build) http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=8Aq0TiKd Build Script without mods https://github.com/offensive-security/Kali-ARM-Build-Scripts/blob/master/xu.sh

rhertzog 2013-11-06 07:01 administrator ~0001060	The armhf build of metasploit-framework failed due to some intermittent network problems, I have retriggered a build. It should be available soon. I'll update the ticket when it's done.

rhertzog 2013-11-06 08:21 administrator ~0001061	The missing build is now available in kali. $ reprepro ls metasploit-framework metasploit-framework \| 4.7.2-2013103001-1kali0 \| kali \| i386, amd64, armel, armhf, source [...]

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2013-11-02 18:51	skysploit	New Issue
2013-11-06 07:01	rhertzog	Note Added: 0001060
2013-11-06 07:01	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2013-11-06 07:01	rhertzog	Status	new => assigned
2013-11-06 08:21	rhertzog	Note Added: 0001061
2013-11-06 08:21	rhertzog	Status	assigned => resolved
2013-11-06 08:21	rhertzog	Resolution	open => fixed