at bottom :-
On 20/11/2016, Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> wrote:
> Control: retitle -1 dpkg-maintscript-helper: Version comparison fails for
> supposedly valid versions
> Control: severity -1 serious
>
> Hi!
>
> On Fri, 2016-11-18 at 14:02:39 +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote:
>> Package: dpkg
>> Version: 1.18.14
>> Severity: normal
>
>> It seems the bug is in dpkg 1.18.11 and above. I was suffering from
>> some sort of broken packages. I shared my issue at
>> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/323817/debian-strech-update-broken-seems-buggy-dpkg
>> . It took quite some time but it seems that dpkg at least 1.18.14 is
>> somewhat broken/buggy in its implementation. In dpkg 1.18.10 I am able
>> to fix the broken packages. These happened a few more times. I did run
>> a few checks
>> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/324151/how-to-find-out-half-configured-broken-packages-in-debian
>> but found nothing untoward.
>
> Please include your reports inline, instead of referencing outside
> resources, because this means those details might disappear (in the
> future) in case those sites are shutdown, or it requires maintainers
> to be online to check them.
>
> Ok, so this is about the dpkg-maintscript-helper failing on the
> version validation check for supposedly valid versions. This was
> recently reported on IRC too, but we were unable to reproduce it. If
> you can still reproduce it, I'd appreciate if you could apply the
> attached patch to your installed dpkg-maintscript-helper script
> (from a dpkg version > 1.18.11) and rerun the failing package.
>
> Oh, I think I know what's wrong now, the attached patch should in
> principle fix that.
>
> Thanks,
> Guillem
>
Dear Guillem,
The patch didn't work :(
First let me share the changes file that got generated, maybe the
rebuild I did was wrong - please check -
┌─[shirish@debian] - [~/games] - [5845]
└─[$] cat dpkg_1.18.15+nmu1_amd64.changes
[1:44:47]
Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 01:04:02 +0530
Source: dpkg
Binary: dpkg libdpkg-dev dpkg-dev libdpkg-perl dselect
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 1.18.15+nmu1
Distribution: UNRELEASED
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <debian-d...@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: shirish <shirish@debian>
Description:
dpkg - Debian package management system
dpkg-dev - Debian package development tools
dselect - Debian package management front-end
libdpkg-dev - Debian package management static library
libdpkg-perl - Dpkg perl modules
Changes:
dpkg (1.18.15+nmu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
.
* Non-maintainer upload.
* Apply d-m-h fix from #844701
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dpkg-dbgsym_1.18.15+nmu1_amd64.deb
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d75ff545c612a7eb5f4563bb3619cd33ea4d4baff6cade9452e94bb1e7b7a412
1242182 libdpkg-perl_1.18.15+nmu1_all.deb
Files:
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69eeaa680e11f291860217a9536e93dc 4617028 admin required
dpkg_1.18.15+nmu1.tar.xz
91961eae15e20a3bf2ad614cf42ee4ab 1238392 debug extra
dpkg-dbgsym_1.18.15+nmu1_amd64.deb
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dpkg-dev_1.18.15+nmu1_all.deb
325a9629e03781c027f884a17ada0550 2067816 admin required
dpkg_1.18.15+nmu1_amd64.deb
75dbcd90ada67522d79206b65519865e 280736 debug extra
dselect-dbgsym_1.18.15+nmu1_amd64.deb
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dselect_1.18.15+nmu1_amd64.deb
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libdpkg-dev_1.18.15+nmu1_amd64.deb
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libdpkg-perl_1.18.15+nmu1_all.deb
Trying with the new versions got this (again) -
[$] sudo aptitude reinstall cme libconfig-model-perl
libconfig-model-dpkg-perl fonts-arphic-uming
[1:46:39]
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
cme fonts-arphic-uming libconfig-model-dpkg-perl libconfig-model-perl
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 reinstalled, 0 to remove and
45 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/8,465 kB of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
D000001: ensure_diversions: new, (re)loading
D000001: ensure_statoverrides: new, (re)loading
(Reading database ... 1207479 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-fonts-arphic-uming_0.2.20080216.2-7_all.deb ...
D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=broken due to postinst failure
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '0.2.20080216.2-1' is not
valid: D000001: cmpversions a='0:0.2.20080216.2-1' b='0:0' r=302
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '0.2.20080216.2-1' is not
valid: D000001: cmpversions a='0:0.2.20080216.2-1' b='0:0' r=302
dpkg: error processing archive
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-KUG6gL/0-fonts-arphic-uming_0.2.20080216.2-7_all.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '0.2.20080216.2-6~' is not
valid: D000001: cmpversions a='0:0.2.20080216.2-6~' b='0:0' r=302
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
Preparing to unpack .../1-cme_1.015-1_all.deb ...
D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=broken due to postinst failure
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '1.008-1~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.008-1~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '1.008-1~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.008-1~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: error processing archive
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-KUG6gL/1-cme_1.015-1_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '1.008-1~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.008-1~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
Preparing to unpack .../2-libconfig-model-perl_2.094-1_all.deb ...
D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=broken due to postinst failure
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '2.075-2~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:2.075-2~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '2.075-2~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:2.075-2~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: error processing archive
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-KUG6gL/2-libconfig-model-perl_2.094-1_all.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '2.070-1~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:2.070-1~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
Preparing to unpack .../3-libconfig-model-dpkg-perl_2.085_all.deb ...
D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=broken due to postinst failure
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '2.070~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:2.070~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '2.070~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:2.070~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: error processing archive
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-KUG6gL/3-libconfig-model-dpkg-perl_2.085_all.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: version '2.070~' is not valid:
D000001: cmpversions a='0:2.070~' b='0:0' r=1
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
D000001: ensure_diversions: same, skipping
D000001: cmpversions a='0:2016.03.30' b='0:2016.05.24' r=-2
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.18.15+nmu1' b='0:1.16' r=2
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.18.15+nmu1' b='0:1.16' r=2
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.18.15+nmu1' b='0:1.16' r=2
Errors were encountered while processing:
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-KUG6gL/0-fonts-arphic-uming_0.2.20080216.2-7_all.deb
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-KUG6gL/1-cme_1.015-1_all.deb
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-KUG6gL/2-libconfig-model-perl_2.094-1_all.deb
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-KUG6gL/3-libconfig-model-dpkg-perl_2.085_all.deb
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.4.0-1~local' b='0:1.4.0-1~local' r=0
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needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
D000001: ensure_diversions: new, (re)loading
D000001: process queue pkg fonts-arphic-uming:all queue.len 3 progress 1, try 1
dpkg: error processing package fonts-arphic-uming (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
D000001: process queue pkg cme:all queue.len 2 progress 1, try 1
D000001: process queue pkg libconfig-model-perl:all queue.len 2
progress 2, try 1
dpkg: error processing package libconfig-model-perl (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
D000001: process queue pkg libconfig-model-dpkg-perl:all queue.len 1
progress 1, try 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libconfig-model-dpkg-perl:
libconfig-model-dpkg-perl depends on libconfig-model-perl (>= 2.092); however:
Package libconfig-model-perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package libconfig-model-dpkg-perl (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
D000001: process queue pkg cme:all queue.len 0 progress 1, try 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cme:
cme depends on libconfig-model-perl (>= 2.089); however:
Package libconfig-model-perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package cme (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
D000001: cmpversions a='0:2016.03.30' b='0:2016.05.24' r=-2
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.18.15+nmu1' b='0:1.16' r=2
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.18.15+nmu1' b='0:1.16' r=2
D000001: cmpversions a='0:1.18.15+nmu1' b='0:1.16' r=2
Errors were encountered while processing:
fonts-arphic-uming
libconfig-model-perl
libconfig-model-dpkg-perl
cme
So it seems some issue is still there. I'll reboot and see if the
issue still persists.
--
Regards,
Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल
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