Package: libreoffice-common Version: 1:5.3.0~alpha1-1 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 6.2
The new libreoffice 5.3 in experimental fails to install. libreoffice-common fails during preinst attempting to remove directories which are not there: Preparing to unpack .../libreoffice-common_1%3a5.3.0~alpha1-1_all.deb ... dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: conffile '"/etc/bash_completion.d/libreoffice.sh"' is not an absolute path dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a5.3.0~alpha1-1_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/libreoffice/share/prereg/': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/libreoffice/share/': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/libreoffice/program/': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/libreoffice': No such file or directory rmdir: failed to remove '/var/lib/libreoffice': No such file or directory dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: conffile '"/etc/bash_completion.d/libreoffice.sh"' is not an absolute path dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libreoffice-common_1%3a5.3.0~alpha1-1_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) The chain of dependencies then prevents the other libreoffice 5.3 packages from completing their configuration. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libreoffice-common depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.15 iu libreoffice-style-galaxy [libreoffice-style-default] 1:5.3.0~alpha1-1 iu libreoffice-style-tango [libreoffice-style] 1:5.3.0~alpha1-1 ii ure 5.3.0~alpha1-1 Versions of packages libreoffice-common recommends: ii fonts-liberation 1:1.07.4-2 ii libexttextcat-data 3.4.4-2 iu python3-uno 1:5.3.0~alpha1-1 Versions of packages libreoffice-common suggests: pn libreoffice-style-breeze <none> pn libreoffice-style-hicontrast <none> pn libreoffice-style-oxygen <none> pn libreoffice-style-sifr <none> iu libreoffice-style-tango 1:5.3.0~alpha1-1 Versions of packages python3-uno depends on: ii libc6 2.24-5 ii libgcc1 1:6.2.0-13 ii libpython3.5 3.5.2-7 iu libreoffice-core 1:5.3.0~alpha1-1 ii libstdc++6 6.2.0-13 ii python3 3.5.1-4 ii python3.5 3.5.2-7 pn python3:any <none> ii uno-libs3 5.3.0~alpha1-1 ii ure 5.3.0~alpha1-1 -- no debconf information