Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
Eric Valette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Valette wrote: Joey Hess wrote: On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-reconfigure or any other debconf command that reproduces the problem would show clearly what it is. Most likely is that the file has gone missing on the local system due to disk corruption, accidental deletion, or a screwed up local install of perl that's somehow not finding it. Disks are clean. I reinstalled debconf, dialog. No change. I extracted the postinst script and run it manually. I have run sh -x ./postinst configure by hand, replaced by the maintainer version of I don't remember what and the bug is gone??? Black magic somewhere. Sorry, I don't completely understand: You don't know which package's postinst you were running? Or you do know this (which?) but don't remember where you took the postinst from? Thanks in advance, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
Frank Küster wrote: Eric Valette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Valette wrote: Joey Hess wrote: On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-reconfigure or any other debconf command that reproduces the problem would show clearly what it is. Most likely is that the file has gone missing on the local system due to disk corruption, accidental deletion, or a screwed up local install of perl that's somehow not finding it. Disks are clean. I reinstalled debconf, dialog. No change. I extracted the postinst script and run it manually. I have run sh -x ./postinst configure by hand, replaced by the maintainer version of I don't remember what and the bug is gone??? Black magic somewhere. Sorry, I don't completely understand: You don't know which package's postinst you were running? Or you do know this (which?) but don't remember where you took the postinst from? I (of course!) took the postinst of the failing packages aka tex-common. (Do not assume I'm stupid please). When I ran postinst configure it prompted a dialog window asking to either keep my installed version of a configuration file (THAT configuration file name I do not remember) and I selected replace by maintainer version as I wanted to be sure the problem was not comming from incompatible version of this configuration file. The postins command suceeded and the apt-get -f install after it. So if the problem was involing only debconf, I suspect the run by hand postinst configure would have not solved it magically. You can continue to play ping pong between tex-common and debconf or close the bug. I guess it will resurface later via another bug. BTW the bug leading for the change in tex-common 0.9-0.10 looks very similar as my debconf default config is dialog/LOW. -- __ / ` Eric Valette /-- __ o _. 6 rue Paul Le Flem (___, / (_(_(__ 35740 Pace Tel: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 Fax: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
Eric Valette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I (of course!) took the postinst of the failing packages aka tex-common. (Do not assume I'm stupid please). Sorry, I didn't want to offend; I just had a problem understanding your sentence, and that might well be due to my english being not good enough, not yours. When I ran postinst configure it prompted a dialog window asking to either keep my installed version of a configuration file (THAT configuration file name I do not remember) upon rereading, I get the meaning, sorry. and I selected replace by maintainer version as I wanted to be sure the problem was not comming from incompatible version of this configuration file. The postins command suceeded and the apt-get -f install after it. So if the problem was involing only debconf, I suspect the run by hand postinst configure would have not solved it magically. You can continue to play ping pong between tex-common and debconf or close the bug. I guess it will resurface later via another bug. If there is a bug in tex-common, then there are two bugs, one in debconf, and one in tex-common. After running the tex-common postinst script again, it might be that the debconf code that caused the error message was no longer called. But I still do not understand things here. $ grep db_ tex-common/debian/* | grep -v 'true$' tex-common/debian/config.in:db_version 2.0 tex-common/debian/config.in:db_go tex-common/debian/config.in:db_go tex-common/debian/postinst.in:db_version 2.0 which means that all lines with calls to db_* end with || true except for db_version and db_go. This seems to indicate to me that *if* we made an error with debconf, it wouldn't reveal itself as a failing maintainer script. Second, how is it possible that a conffile dialog (in fact it must be a ucf configuration file dialog, but that looks similar) pops up during a second invocation of the postinst script, unless you have changed the file meanwhile? ucf is called only once in the postinst script, and this is - after sourcing /usr/share/debconf/confmodule and calling db_version, but before any other debconf use - only conditional on the first parameter being configure or reconfigure. I don't see how a configuration file could be on your system that is neither any old known nor the new version unless one of two things happened: - it was a problem with your local debconf installation, and it was in fact fixed by reinstalling it, although you first said it wasn't (how did you check?). In this case, the postinst script failed right while loading confmodule, and never got to the file changed dialog. - or you have edited some configuration file below /etc/texmf between the different postinst invocations. But in this case I cannot see how changing the conffile would affect later debconf invocations - we only use db_get and db_fset, and we do that without checking any files. BTW the bug leading for the change in tex-common 0.9-0.10 looks very similar as my debconf default config is dialog/LOW. Which bug do you mean - #337073? Why do you think it looks similar - it's about an error in a chmod invocation, while yours involves a Perl error in Debconf. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
Frank Küster wrote: which means that all lines with calls to db_* end with || true except for db_version and db_go. This seems to indicate to me that *if* we made an error with debconf, it wouldn't reveal itself as a failing maintainer script. The full error message is included in the first post. It was indeed an error message from debconf. I also serched in the postinst script to show the line that caused the problem but unfortunately it does not helps because it depends on dynamic content of a parameter. I don't see how a configuration file could be on your system that is neither any old known nor the new version unless one of two things happened: - it was a problem with your local debconf installation, and it was in fact fixed by reinstalling it, although you first said it wasn't (how did you check?). When you do apt-get install --reinstall dialog debconf and then apt-get -f install, whitout fixing the problem, I think I can say it did not change. I also tried to reconfigure debconf with dpkg-reconfigure debconf to put readline instead of dialog but this did not help either. In this case, the postinst script failed right while loading confmodule, and never got to the file changed dialog. Correct. I never saw the dialog before running sh -x ./postinst configure by hand. As far as I know, I did not edit any file by hand, installed several packages which lead to try the postinst procedure several time without changing anything. OK. Do not waste your time any further, I have now a fully functionnal system and as you cannot reproduce this bug, I propose to close it. Use it as an hint if someone else comes with a similar problem. I had corrupted debconf database once and yes it can cause problem on any package but it has been working for months without problem. -- __ / ` Eric Valette /-- __ o _. 6 rue Paul Le Flem (___, / (_(_(__ 35740 Pace Tel: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 Fax: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
Package: tex-common Version: 0.10 Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. Failed because: Can't locate Debconf/Element/Dialog.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at (eval 24) line 2, GEN6 line 6. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 24) line 2, GEN6 line 6. Can't locate object method new via package Debconf::Element::Dialog (perhaps you forgot to load Debconf::Element::Dialog?) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd.pm line 53, GEN6 line 6. dpkg: error processing tex-common (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: tex-common tri-yann:/home/valette/local/local-src/unicorn/unicorn_pci# dpkg --purge tex-common -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing-proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.4 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.59 Debian configuration management sy ii ucf 2.003 Update Configuration File: preserv tex-common recommends no packages. -- debconf information: * tex-common/groupname: devsoft * tex-common/cnf_name: * tex-common/managedlsr: cache -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
On 11.11.05 Eric Valette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi, Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. Isn't that a message from debconf? Further the File Debconf/Element/Dialog.pm does not exist in the unstable distribution, especially not in the package debconf. http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?version=unstableword=Dialog.pm If you ask me this is a debconf bug. Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.59 Debian configuration management sy ii ucf 2.003 Update Configuration File: preserv -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. Isn't that a message from debconf? Strange. Which version of debconf do you have? My version contains: debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Select.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Password.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Multiselect.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Note.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Progress.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Boolean.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/String.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Text.pm I would say your debconf is broken. Best wishes Norbert --- Dr. Norbert Preining preining AT logic DOT at Università di Siena gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 --- WIKE (vb.) To rip a piece of sticky plaster off your skin as fast as possible in the hope that it will (a) show how brave you are, and (b) not hurt. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
On 11.11.05 Norbert Preining ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Hi, Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. Isn't that a message from debconf? Strange. Which version of debconf do you have? My version contains: debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog no Dialog.pm I don't understand so much about perl, but if I write use Debconf::Element::Dialog; don't I refer to $PERLPATH/Debconf/Element/Dialog.pm, which does not exist? H. -- sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog I don't understand so much about perl, but if I write use Debconf::Element::Dialog; don't I refer to $PERLPATH/Debconf/Element/Dialog.pm, which does not exist? Maybe yes, but I don't care. This is a debconf question. Could someone retitle and reassing this bug. Best wishes Norbert --- Dr. Norbert Preining preining AT logic DOT at Università di Siena gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 --- GLENTIES (pl.n.) Series of small steps by which someone who has made a serious tactical error in a conversion or argument moves from complete disagreement to wholehearted agreement. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
reassign 338587 debconf thanks Hi Debconf people, here's a grave bug filed against tex-common which must in fact be debconf's fault: Norbert Preining [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. Isn't that a message from debconf? Strange. Which version of debconf do you have? Eric has debconf-2.0 installed (version 1.4.59). $ findpkg Dialog.pm | grep debconf usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm admin/debconf usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm admin/debconf usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm admin/debconf these are the three distributions (stable, testing, unstable). My version contains: debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Select.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Password.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Multiselect.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Note.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Progress.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Boolean.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/String.pm debconf: /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Text.pm I would say your debconf is broken. Don't you have Dialog.pm installed? I have (sid chroot): $ dpkg -L debconf | grep Dialog /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/String.pm /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Text.pm /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Note.pm /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Multiselect.pm /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Boolean.pm /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Select.pm /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Password.pm /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Element/Dialog/Progress.pm I'm a bit confused about the versions we have - there's debconf, debconf-2.0 (but that seems to be a virtual package), and cdebconf (which is clearly not the issue here). Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
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Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
Joey Hess wrote: On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-reconfigure or any other debconf command that reproduces the problem would show clearly what it is. Most likely is that the file has gone missing on the local system due to disk corruption, accidental deletion, or a screwed up local install of perl that's somehow not finding it. Disks are clean. I reinstalled debconf, dialog. No change. -- __ / ` Eric Valette /-- __ o _. 6 rue Paul Le Flem (___, / (_(_(__ 35740 Pace Tel: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 Fax: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#338587: tex-common fails to install
Eric Valette wrote: Joey Hess wrote: On Fre, 11 Nov 2005, Hilmar Preusse wrote: Setting up tex-common (0.10) ... debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. I imagine that a strace -f of a run of dpkg-reconfigure or any other debconf command that reproduces the problem would show clearly what it is. Most likely is that the file has gone missing on the local system due to disk corruption, accidental deletion, or a screwed up local install of perl that's somehow not finding it. Disks are clean. I reinstalled debconf, dialog. No change. I extracted the postinst script and run it manually. I have run sh -x ./postinst configure by hand, replaced by the maintainer version of I don't remember what and the bug is gone??? Black magic somewhere. -- __ / ` Eric Valette /-- __ o _. 6 rue Paul Le Flem (___, / (_(_(__ 35740 Pace Tel: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 Fax: +33 (0)2 99 85 26 76 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
