Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: dpkg
Removal of package gnokii-cli 0.6.28.dfsg-1 left
/var/lib/dpkg/statoverride in a corrupted state (LP#537025, debbugs
#563317):
$ grep gnokii /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride
root gnokii 4750 /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev
$ ls -l /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev
ls: cannot access /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev: No such file or directory
$ grep gnokii /etc/group
$ dpkg-statoverride --remove /usr/sbin/mgnokiidev
dpkg-statoverrides: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
syntax error: unknown group 'gnokii' in statoverride file
$ dpkg-statoverride --list
dpkg-statoverrides: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
syntax error: unknown group 'gnokii' in statoverride file
The "corrupted state" here is that the statoverride file mentions a
group which no longer exists. (The same issue occurs with a nonexistent
user, as see in LP#161798
Problems with this:
1. Parsing of /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride should not require the users &
groups to exist. Those are separately maintained databases; also,
couldn't statoverride be referring to a file which may or may not exist
and whose user/group identity might be maintained dynamically?
2. This is not a "syntax error" but an "unexpected value".
3. The error should not be fatal for --list.
4. The error should definitely not be fatal for an attempt to --remove
the very entry which is being complained about!
5. Trivial: the message should not be prefixed with "dpkg-
statoverrideS", which is neither the name of the utility nor of the data
file.
To reproduce without the help of a defective package:
# sudo sh -c 'echo "foo bar 1234 /etc/baz" >> /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride'
# dpkg-statoverride --list
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: dpkg 1.15.5.6ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jun 13 22:30:20 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20091209)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=C
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg
** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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dpkg-statoverride should not consider unknown group a "syntax error"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593615
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