Bug#1012034: dpkg: warning: unknown dpkg database file /var/lib/dpkg/format is not a misplaced alternative state
On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 2:47 PM Guillem Jover wrote: > On Sun, 2022-05-29 at 09:07:25 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > > Package: dpkg > > Version: 1.21.8 > > Severity: normal > > > On a host running Testing, I got the message below this morning: > > > > Unpacking dpkg (1.21.8) over (1.21.7) ... > > Setting up dpkg (1.21.8) ... > > dpkg: warning: unknown dpkg database file /var/lib/dpkg/format is not a > > misplaced alternative state... leaving as is > > dpkg-db-backup.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not > > starting it. > > > No amount of googling told me what the line about /var/lib/dpkg/format > > means or whether this is something to worry about. This probably needs > > to be documented, especially if it's expected to appear during an > > upgrade from Bullseye to Bookworm. > > This file is really not supposed to be there, and was not the target > of that check, which was added to fix a very short-lived mess up with > dpkg 1.21.0, so it should not affect bullseye users, but might catch > this kind of unrelated breakage, so I'm considering keeping the check > part (not the u-a fixing part) and integrating it properly into > «dpkg --audit» or similar. > > The only format file expected to be present in the dpkg db is > /var/lib/dpkg/info/format, but certainly not on the db root. What are > the contents for that file? $ ls -al /var/lib/dpkg/format -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 2011-03-15 18:38 /var/lib/dpkg/format $ cat /var/lib/dpkg/format 2 Martin-Éric
Bug#1012034: dpkg: warning: unknown dpkg database file /var/lib/dpkg/format is not a misplaced alternative state
Hi! On Sun, 2022-05-29 at 09:07:25 +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.21.8 > Severity: normal > On a host running Testing, I got the message below this morning: > > Unpacking dpkg (1.21.8) over (1.21.7) ... > Setting up dpkg (1.21.8) ... > dpkg: warning: unknown dpkg database file /var/lib/dpkg/format is not a > misplaced alternative state... leaving as is > dpkg-db-backup.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not > starting it. > No amount of googling told me what the line about /var/lib/dpkg/format > means or whether this is something to worry about. This probably needs > to be documented, especially if it's expected to appear during an > upgrade from Bullseye to Bookworm. This file is really not supposed to be there, and was not the target of that check, which was added to fix a very short-lived mess up with dpkg 1.21.0, so it should not affect bullseye users, but might catch this kind of unrelated breakage, so I'm considering keeping the check part (not the u-a fixing part) and integrating it properly into «dpkg --audit» or similar. The only format file expected to be present in the dpkg db is /var/lib/dpkg/info/format, but certainly not on the db root. What are the contents for that file? Thanks, Guillem
Bug#1012034: dpkg: warning: unknown dpkg database file /var/lib/dpkg/format is not a misplaced alternative state
Package: dpkg Version: 1.21.8 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On a host running Testing, I got the message below this morning: Unpacking dpkg (1.21.8) over (1.21.7) ... Setting up dpkg (1.21.8) ... dpkg: warning: unknown dpkg database file /var/lib/dpkg/format is not a misplaced alternative state... leaving as is dpkg-db-backup.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it. No amount of googling told me what the line about /var/lib/dpkg/format means or whether this is something to worry about. This probably needs to be documented, especially if it's expected to appear during an upgrade from Bullseye to Bookworm. Martin-Éric - -- Package-specific info: - -- System Information: Debian Release: bookworm/sid APT prefers testing-debug APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 5.17.0-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-5 ii libc62.33-7 ii liblzma5 5.2.5-2.1 ii libselinux1 3.3-1+b2 ii tar 1.34+dfsg-1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-4 dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt2.5.0 pn debsig-verify - -- no debconf information -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEyJACx3qL7GpObXOQrh+Cd8S017YFAmKTDZUACgkQrh+Cd8S0 17YDDhAAr+jhvprRj0z6e4d6fRpwM3fql3HwKaZA/WsKEpO0eTQvbXPjuTceE9+s JSUV+A1bRkzVoY/Dsxhto3CHMWurNrS5VO9WsKauJU+zf0AcQRToI0cAXE8XcFIP CezCLb3vtLXDRFrHs0Qa/VKCM0fHJ26Q+DlZJYAiKPfSkXo7EKLAoY4PDCHsQXcc CmUt4sRPNTE53NBzZzWBEmnNA47U1QY9yI8Mi/zesQv1yzoKaXmUUMaWpj5aNGLg pRHZL4ybit5LxJ7MxDPlUgtRU3lEsvJEUIznnSKJpWkupwYBDitjOECBa3KzfsCk dznArPDxZuKxCCMfv+G92q6SzL8m8/fTx+etnGK1OUt2Gzl2X3vFHCHs2h2cYw7Y yPkx0NYaGW1dsk6Bu8wEK0X2nFBjkkdZCcnRiO91gzs3U3nilWv9n3syDL6H1TM0 KkpQYgRyhtELTaYdPwQYjJOjib9GfgniLgr9sDHRbYK+C7yIUonD3Y/7toylPStF uu9Vpz5XObEPZhjROH8gr2EZbgM3IvFSlHITSrCH8T10OuyX3dRUPOGokaLj8L9m 19+m4+4xD0RGaR7JG/v4ykSPdHPATwkv9+NIh8gRFIwSj9hV1vgp1nVOvIgRez/z UTAvX0teQEFZf2Of3mQAJ9QNSAaornEhpOO4HtLI+yVU8lZ78h0= =Nj7Y -END PGP SIGNATURE-
