This bug is caused by the recent package split of libgconf2-4 into libgconf-2-4 and gconf-service. This upgrade includes a Breaks: on the old version of libgconf2-4 by libgconf-2-4, which ensures that libgconf2-4 is deconfigured before libgconf-2-4 is unpacked on upgrade. However, this does *not* ensure that gconf2 is deconfigured when the new libgconf-2-4 or libgconf2-4 is unpacked, so its trigger may still fire, even though the files it relies on are either no longer on disk (if libgconf2-4 has been unpacked without libgconf-2-4) or not where they're expected (if libgconf-2-4 is unpacked without gconf-service).
We need to ensure that the gconf2 trigger is *only* called under the following circumstances: * new libgconf2-4 not yet unpacked, new libgconf-2-4 not yet unpacked * new libgconf-2-4 unpacked, new gconf-service unpacked To achieve this, we can have the new libgconf-2-4 and libgconf2-4 packages both declare a Breaks on the old gconf2 version. This forces gconf2 to be deconfigured when either of these new packages is unpacked, and remain deconfigured until both libgconf-2-4 and gconf-service are configured (since gconf2 already has a dependency on both of them). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948294 Title: package gconf2 3.2.3-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 250 Status in “gconf” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Recieved this error after upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04 beta 1 32 bit ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gconf2 3.2.3-3ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Mar 6 11:46:17 2012 ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 250 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330) SourcePackage: gconf Title: package gconf2 3.2.3-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 250 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-06 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/948294/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
