Public bug reported: I'm attempting to do a normal upgrade of libglib2.0-0 on an Ubuntu 16.04LTS system on an AMD64 VM instance. The upgrade fails repeatedly despite all attempts to clean caches and potential error conditions and reinstall. Here is the output from an apt upgrade command:
----------------------------- Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: libglib2.0-0 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,120 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libglib2.0-0 amd64 2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1 [1,120 kB] Fetched 1,120 kB in 2s (433 kB/s) (Reading database ... 123793 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libglib2.0-0_2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1) over (2.48.2-0ubuntu4) ... /bin/rmdir: 1: /bin/rmdir: Syntax error: ")" unexpected dpkg: warning: subprocess old post-removal script returned error exit status 2 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... /bin/rmdir: 1: /bin/rmdir: Syntax error: ")" unexpected dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libglib2.0-0_2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb (--unpack): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libglib2.0-0_2.48.2-0ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ------------------------------------------------------- I've attached the old post-removal script (/var/lib/dpkg/info/libglib2.0-0:postrm). FWIW, none of the directories referenced in the post-removal script (i.e. /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules, /usr/lib/gio/modules and /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas) currently exist on the VM, so I don't even see how any of the rmdir commands in the script could be run to throw the errors reported during upgrade attempts. Please assist if possible. Thanks ... ** Affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "/var/lib/dpkg/info/libglib2.0-0:postrm" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795080/+attachment/5194248/+files/libglib2.0-0%253Aamd64.postrm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1795080 Title: libglib2.0-0_2.48.2 upgrade fails: subprocess old post-removal script returned error exit status 2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1795080/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
