Package: base-files
Version: 10.2
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software
Hi.
While the bug is likely in debian-security-support, as soon as upgrading to 10.2
(downgrading to 10.1 fixes the problem) a debian-security-support hook will
fail at basically every installed/upgrade package:
# aptitude
Performing actions...
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Reading changelogs... Done
apt-listchanges: Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
apt-listchanges: Mailing root: apt-listchanges: changelogs for kronecker
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 150402 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../base-files_10.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking base-files (10.2) over (10.1) ...
Setting up base-files (10.2) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/debian_version ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/issue ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/issue.net ...
=> here it was upgrade
dpkg: error: error executing hook 'if [ -x
/usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook ] ; then
/usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook ; fi', exit code
256
=> here the hook already fails
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.4.6 ]
File updated: searched for 181 files, found 156
Scanning processes...
Scanning linux images...
Running kernel seems to be up-to-date.
Failed to check for processor microcode upgrades.
No services need to be restarted.
No containers need to be restarted.
No user sessions are running outdated binaries.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Processing triggers for install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
dpkg: error: error executing hook 'if [ -x
/usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook ] ; then
/usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook ; fi', exit code
256
=> aptitude's second try
Press Return to continue, 'q' followed by Return to quit.
=> I then moved on with upgrading all (remaining) packages
Performing actions...
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Reading changelogs... Done
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 150402 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../archives/bash_5.0-4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking bash (5.0-4) over (5.0-3) ...
=> fails again after the first package
dpkg: error: error executing hook 'if [ -x
/usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook ] ; then
/usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook ; fi', exit code
256
[ Rootkit Hunter version 1.4.6 ]
File updated: searched for 181 files, found 156
Scanning processes...
Scanning candidates...
Scanning linux images...
Running kernel seems to be up-to-date.
Failed to check for processor microcode upgrades.
No services need to be restarted.
No containers need to be restarted.
User sessions running outdated binaries:
root @ session #2526: sshd[21698]
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Setting up bash (5.0-4) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz to provide
/usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz (builtins.7.gz) in auto mode
Processing triggers for install-info (6.5.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
dpkg: error: error executing hook 'if [ -x
/usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook ] ; then
/usr/share/debian-security-support/check-support-status.hook ; fi', exit code
256
Press Return to continue, 'q' followed by Return to quit.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.0
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages base-files depends on:
ii gawk [awk] 1:4.2.1+dfsg-1
ii mawk [awk] 1.3.3-17+b3
ii original-awk [awk] 2012-12-20-6
base-files recommends no packages.
base-files suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/profile changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
I reported it against base-files as this is what people will ugprade and notice
if apt-listbugs is installed (they wouldn't notice it on
debian-security-support).
Cheers,
Chris.
