The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 3daebbf64d7a63d4969550b079a7c9bdf0a00d8e
Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Sep 25 21:55:54 2012 +0200
libdpkg: Clarify reason for multiarch database inconcistencies
The most probable cause for these inconsistencies are upgrades from
unofficial dpkg versions, make that clear to avoid users blaming the
official version.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7528330..4c1f186 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ dpkg (1.16.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
conffile checks actually work on reinstallation. Closes: #684776
* Avoid info database corruption and bogus accesses on unknown format
values, by always reading the format file and validating it.
+ * Clarify that the most probable reason for multiarch database
+ inconcistencies is due to upgrades from unofficial dpkg versions.
[ Updated programs translations ]
* Czech (Miroslav Kure).
diff --git a/lib/dpkg/parse.c b/lib/dpkg/parse.c
index cf87c42..71076de 100644
--- a/lib/dpkg/parse.c
+++ b/lib/dpkg/parse.c
@@ -342,11 +342,13 @@ parse_find_set_slot(struct parsedb_state *ps,
parse_count_pkg_instance(&count, pkg, &pkg->installed);
if (count.single > 1)
- parse_error(ps, _("multiple non-coinstallable package instances present"));
+ parse_error(ps, _("multiple non-coinstallable package instances present; "
+ "most probably due to an upgrade from an unofficial
dpkg"));
if (count.single > 0 && count.multi > 0)
parse_error(ps, _("mixed non-coinstallable and coinstallable package "
- "instances present"));
+ "instances present; most probably due to an upgrade "
+ "from an unofficial dpkg"));
if (pkgset_installed_instances(set) != count.total)
internerr("in-core pkgset '%s' with inconsistent number of instances",
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