Package: gs-common Version: 8.62.dfsg.1-3 Severity: serious Upgrading gs-common from Etch fails when perl-modules is unconfigured and out of sync with perl-base:
Preparing to replace gs-common 0.3.11 (using gs-common_8.62.dfsg.1-3_all.deb) ... Can't locate File/Copy.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/defoma-app line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/defoma-app line 7. dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing gs-common_8.62.dfsg.1-3_all.deb (--unpack): there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up Errors were encountered while processing: gs-common_8.62.dfsg.1-3_all.deb As discussed in #495359, the 'old-prerm upgrade' invocation is done in the dpkg unpacking stage, and non-Essential packages (that aren't in Pre-Depends) aren't guaranteed to be functional at that time. See policy 6.6: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html#s-unpackphase File::Copy is in perl-modules, which is not Essential:yes. There's no way to fix the Etch prerm or defoma-app anymore of course, but adding a prerm script in the Lenny gs-common package that survives 'failed-upgrade' is enough to fix the upgrades. There are several Etch packages calling defoma-app from 'prerm upgrade', but gs-common seems to be the only one that hasn't a prerm script in Lenny for recovering. Steps to reproduce, starting from a clean Etch install: apt-get install gs-common perl -pi -e s/etch/lenny/ /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install tzdata lib6 apt-get -d install perl-base gs-common dpkg --unpack /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-base_5.10.0-13_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/gs-common_8.62.dfsg.1-3_all.deb or alternatively apt-get install gs-common perl -pi -e s/etch/lenny/ /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get -d install perl-modules gs-common dpkg --unpack /var/cache/apt/archives/perl-modules_5.10.0-11.1_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/gs-common_8.62.dfsg.1-3_all.deb This is happening in real dist-upgrades too, see the original report in #495359. -- Niko Tyni [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
