Bug#529393: More info
With my particular issue: Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: warning: obsolete option '--print-installation-architecture', please use '--print-architecture' instead. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) was due to dpkg being run without the PATH environment variable being set (I was running in a chroot). This bug could be fixed if dpkg checked the environment for the PATH variable and it if is empty, setting it to some sensible default. Erik -- -- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#529393: More info
reassign 529393 popularity-contest 1.47 thanks Please don't hijack bugs and don't falsely reassign it once you have identified that your bug is about something else... I reported the bug and I am a dpkg maintainer. If you have another problem that differs from the one that I reported (undesired usage of dpkg --print-installation-architecture by popcon) please file a new bug (and on the right package if possible). On Mon, 01 Jun 2009, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: With my particular issue: Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: warning: obsolete option '--print-installation-architecture', please use '--print-architecture' instead. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) was due to dpkg being run without the PATH environment variable being set (I was running in a chroot). This bug could be fixed if dpkg checked the environment for the PATH variable and it if is empty, setting it to some sensible default. 1/ The part Preconfiguring packages is not run by dpkg but by debconf with dpkg-preconfigure. 2/ Dpkg does verify/ensure the PATH is sane when running installation scripts. You should be more precise on how the problem can be reproduced. 3/ The warning displayed above is the consequence of some config script that calls dpkg --print-installation-architecture and nothing more. It's probably unrelated to your problem. 4/ The apt-get error message might be misleading... are you sure that dpkg is failing and not dpkg-preconfigure ? dpkg is usually verbose when it fails and we should see an error message displayed. Don't discuss this in this bugreport however, copy the relevant info in a new one against debconf/dpkg/apt-get or whatever is most likely responsible of the problem according to your tests. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Contribuez à Debian et gagnez un cahier de l'admin Debian Lenny : http://www.ouaza.com/wp/2009/03/02/contribuer-a-debian-gagner-un-livre/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#529393: More info
reassign 529393 popularity-contest found 529393 1.47 thanks Hi, On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 20:07:53 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: With my particular issue: Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: warning: obsolete option '--print-installation-architecture', please use '--print-architecture' instead. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) was due to dpkg being run without the PATH environment variable being set (I was running in a chroot). This bug could be fixed if dpkg checked the environment for the PATH variable and it if is empty, setting it to some sensible default. What you are seeing is unrelated to the filed bug report, as “dpkg --print-installation-architecture” exits with 0, please don't mix issues. dpkg already checks for a usable PATH in some operations, and should have given a proper error message in that case anyway. If you can reproduce this other issue, please file a bug report against dpkg including apt and dpkg log files, so that we can track it down. My guess is that the problem is somewhere else though. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
