[Bug 943873] Re: gnome-terminal ellipses inconsistency

2012-03-01 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Sticking the ellipsis to the last word makes it impossible to select the last word by double clicking on it. It's also more difficult to parse for scripts. It's not a big deal when the word before the ellipsis is just an English word, but when it's a dynamic value like in this case, I believe it's

[Bug 942623] Re: package libmono-system-data2.0-cil 2.6.7-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package libmono-system-data2.0-cil is already installed and configured

2012-02-29 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal: sudo apt-get clean Then try

[Bug 941567] Re: dropbox crashed with OSError in unpack(): [Errno 1] Die Operation ist nicht erlaubt: '/var/lib/dropbox/.dropbox-dist'

2012-02-26 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
I'm marking it as invalid, per your request. But there's still something weird with the error reported. It doesn't make sense to not have the right to do unpack the new version. What filesystem are you using on /var/? Do you have some unusual security policy? ** Changed in: nautilus-dropbox (Ubunt

[Bug 941567] Re: dropbox crashed with OSError in unpack(): [Errno 1] Die Operation ist nicht erlaubt: '/var/lib/dropbox/.dropbox-dist'

2012-02-26 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Did it query you for getting root rights? You should not have permissions issues if you are root and "dropbox update" is supposed to ask for root rights (via policy kit). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.la

[Bug 937546] Re: package nautilus-dropbox (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2

2012-02-23 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Snoopyski, are you sure you're referring to the same problem ? (aka this bug is about the post-removal script failing during upgrade... nothing else). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/9375

[Bug 937784] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file (nautilus-dropbox and new glib) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ub

[Bug 938341] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

[Bug 938371] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

[Bug 938543] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

[Bug 938583] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

[Bug 938155] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

[Bug 938414] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937872 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort(

[Bug 938265] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937872 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort(

[Bug 938595] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

[Bug 937872] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort

[Bug 938544] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

[Bug 938632] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937872 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort(

[Bug 938783] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

[Bug 938544] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-22 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 937784 nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in g_thread_abort() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 937916] Re: package latex-xft-fonts 0.1-8 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package latex-xft-fonts is already installed and configured

2012-02-21 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The dpkg log shows an interesting message for you: Preparing to replace latex-xft-fonts 0.1-8 (using .../latex-xft-fonts_1.6.7-1~lucid1_all.deb) ... E: /var/lib/defoma/locked exists. E: Another defoma process seems running, or you aren't root. E: If you are root and defoma process isn't running un

[Bug 932627] Re: nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

2012-02-21 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Chris, thanks for tracking it down. Do you feel like reporting it upstream? I don't see the bug yet on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=glib&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&version=2.31.x I have added glib to the list of affected packages

[Bug 932627] Re: nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

2012-02-21 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
** Also affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 Title: nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file To manage

[Bug 937546] Re: package nautilus-dropbox (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2

2012-02-21 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Please attach /var/log/apt/term.log. I want to see a former failure recorded in your log file. In any case, the bug is in dropbox.com's package (version 0.7.1) not in the Ubuntu package (version 0.7.1-2). There's not much that I can do. -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 937390] Re: package nautilus-dropbox 0.7.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso instalado el script post-removal devolvió el código de salida de error 2

2012-02-20 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/09/13/understand-dpkg-and-dont-get-stuck- with-a-maintainer-script-failure/ might help you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937390 Title: package nautilu

[Bug 937390] Re: package nautilus-dropbox 0.7.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso instalado el script post-removal devolvió el código de salida de error 2

2012-02-20 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The log shows that it's the dropbox package from dropbox's website that is failing: Start-Date: 2012-02-19 17:55:59 Commandline: synaptic Purge: nautilus-dropbox:amd64 (0.7.1) And that the upgrade from dropbox's version to the Ubuntu version failed a bit earlier: Start-Date: 2012-02-19 17:55:0

[Bug 936617] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-20 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 932627 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/932627 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 932627 nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 932627] Re: nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

2012-02-20 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Apparently this bug affects people who have enabled PPA with developement versions of glib. Anyone that is affected, please post the output of this command: dpkg-query -W libglib2.0-0 It's not yet clear whether the bug is in glib or in nautilus-dropbox. -- You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 936617] Re: nautilus crashed with SIGABRT in raise()

2012-02-19 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Apparently this bug affects people who have enabled PPA with developement versions of glib. Anyone that is affected, please post the output of this command: dpkg-query -W libglib2.0-0 It's not yet clear whether the bug is in glib or in nautilus-dropbox. -- You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 936340] Re: dpkg-maintscript-helper does not show complete debug output

2012-02-19 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Thank you for the report. I committed a different fix in the upstream git repository (changing debug() to print all parameters). I don't think this warrants an immediate upload to Ubuntu, it will be fixed the next time the package is synced with Debian. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status:

Re: [Bug 934112] Re: dpkg aborts

2012-02-17 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
n you attach the /var/lib/dpkg/status that triggers this bug ? I don't have any oneiric chroot to reproduce it quickly... Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ --

[Bug 873435] Re: dpkg should not "simplify" version numbers in dependencies

2012-02-17 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873435 Title: dpkg should not "simplify" version numbers in dependencies To manage notific

[Bug 902587] Re: libreoffice-core not seen by dpkg while installed

2012-02-17 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Unless someone else can reproduce it, or provide instructions to reproduce it, I fear this bug will rot uselessly. Thus I'm currently marking it as incomplete. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 929702] Re: Add common error checks: Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space

2012-02-17 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
dpkg is giving the proper error message: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/oxygen-icon-theme_4%%3a4.8.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb (--unpack): unable to create `/usr/share/icons/oxygen/16x16/actions/meeting-participant-request-response.png.dpkg-new' (while processing `./usr/share/icons/oxy

[Bug 934112] Re: dpkg aborts

2012-02-17 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
You fixed the problem a bit too quickly... now tell me how can I reproduce it? You should have made a backup of all the important files in /var/lib/dpkg/ (at least status, possibly the content of the updates directory too, if not empty) when you were encountering the problem. -- You received thi

[Bug 932627] Re: nautilus crashes when opening any folder or file

2012-02-16 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Brian, can you verify if uninstalling nautilus-dropbox fixes the problem? And if reinstalling it triggers it again? If removing nautilus-dropbox doesn't fix the problem, try the same with nautilus-share. It would be great if you could provide a gdb backtrace, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace

[Bug 384307] Re: package foomatic-db-engine 4.0.0-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: sous-processus rm cleanup tu? par le signal (Erreur de segmentation)

2012-02-11 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
dpkg is just reporting that "rm" failed. Somehow I doubt it's a bug in rm, it's more likely an underlying hardware problem (memory corrupted?). Reassigning to "coreutils" but changing it to incomplete because I doubt anyone can reproduce it... ** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => coreutils (Ubuntu

[Bug 930429] Re: Segmentation Fault on shared-mime-info during apt-get install -f

2012-02-11 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The segmentation fault happens in the shared-mime-info package (in its postinst script). It's not a bug in dpkg. ** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => shared-mime-info (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 926700] Re: nautilus-dropbox_0.7.1_i386.deb not installable in Precise

2012-02-05 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
nautilus-dropbox_0.7.1_i386.deb is not the Ubuntu package so there's nothing we can do. The version 0.7.1-2 is in precise and depends on libnautilus-extension1a which is in precise. ** Changed in: nautilus-dropbox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 925057] Re: package python-launchpadlib 1.9.7-0ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus dpkg-deb --control a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 2

2012-02-04 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The underlying error comes from tar but it looks like some weird kernel problem because I don't see how open can fail with "invalid argument". ** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 924548] Re: dpkg fails to install java icedtea plugin and critical updates

2012-01-31 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Hello, thanks for your report but I'm afraid you don't provide enough information about the failure and dpkg is probably not the right package for this report. Please look in the logs (of the terminal or in /var/log/apt/) and find the underlying error and file the bug (or reassign this one moving

[Bug 909488] Re: nautilus-dropbox forbids dropbox's non-free binaries to replace themselves by properly installing dropbox system-wide

2012-01-30 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
For the record, just like any wrapper, the user can force an update/re- installation at any point of time with "dropbox update". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/909488 Title: nautilus-

[Bug 909488] Re: nautilus-dropbox doesn't install dropbox client to correct location

2012-01-30 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Installing binaries in ~/.dropbox-dist/ of each user and letting any user process update them there is certainly not a good choice from a security point of view (and it's certainly not in line with the Debian policy). Having a single way to install the binary system-wide and having that mechanism v

[Bug 662182] Re: broken bash completion for "quilt push" and "quilt pop"

2012-01-23 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
This is mostly fixed in quilt 0.50 upstream. The remaining fix (for quilt push) will follow shortly (and is properly tracked on the debian side). ** Changed in: quilt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 917347] Re: package dkms 2.1.1.2-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package dkms is already installed and configured

2012-01-16 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Thanks for your report but the attached log file doesn't show the error and thus there's nothing we can do with this report. Somehow dkms failed to install, but we don't know why. It might just be a corrupted .deb file... ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received

[Bug 916799] Re: Blank line in previously installed packagedescription causes 12.04 upgrade failurt

2012-01-16 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Ok, thanks for the supplementary input. There's nothing we can do on the dpkg side since we're now properly rejecting the package... I'm reassigning it to update-manager since that's where special upgrade checks are put. But it will be difficult to detect in the general case. But it might be possib

[Bug 917054] [NEW] Sync wordpress 3.3.1+dfsg-1 (universe) from Debian testing (main)

2012-01-16 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Public bug reported: Please sync wordpress 3.3.1+dfsg-1 (universe) from Debian testing (main) Changelog entries since current precise version 3.3+dfsg-1: wordpress (3.3.1+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream security release. Fixes CVE-2012-0287. -- Raphaël Hertzog Wed, 04 Jan

Re: [Bug 916799] [NEW] Blank line in previously installed packagedescription causes 12.04 upgrade failurt

2012-01-16 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
y does not begin with a field. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 845394] Re: package libxau-dev 1:1.0.5-1 failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '': No such file or directory

2012-01-09 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 545790 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/545790 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 545790 package PACKAGE failed to install/upgrade: error writing to '': Success -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 910691] Re: other dpkg problems

2012-01-09 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
> thanks for having my name misspelled intentionally. Dude, sorry, it was not intentional. Anyway, I'm now marking the bug as invalid because those warnings are to be expected during early setup. You can file a bug against debootstrap if you want because the 3 warnings about missing description/m

Re: [Bug 910691] Re: other dpkg problems

2012-01-07 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
ng up a new debian/ubuntu installation with debootstrap or similar (which I suspect is your case here). There's just no way to satisfy the pre-dependencies during an initial installation that doesn't have all the essential packages already unpacked... If that's effectively your cas

[Bug 910962] Re: installArchives() failed: dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: syntax error: unknown group 'postdrop' in statoverride file Error in function: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin

2012-01-07 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
You should give more info on how you managed to get into this situation. The real problem is that the postdrop group has been removed while it was still in use by dpkg for some statoverride information. Either postfix did drop the group without unregistering the statoverride, or you made a mistake

[Bug 910691] Re: other dpkg problems

2012-01-07 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
And exactly what is the problem that you reported ? Because I see lots of warning but nothing like a bug or an error here. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. h

[Bug 873435] Re: dpkg should not "simplify" version numbers in dependencies

2012-01-05 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Please use #900566 to track the problem on the qwt side. This bug is now for the dpkg side of the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873435 Title: dpkg should not "simplify" vers

[Bug 873435] Re: package libqwt-dev - failed to upgrade

2012-01-05 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
It means someone changed the status without justification. This is a dpkg bug but a rather minor one. dpkg simplifies some versions like "0:1.0" into "1.0" or "1.0-" into "1.0" but it should not do that to avoid the kind of problem described here. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: Fix C

[Bug 900566] Re: libqwt-dev should use "6.0.0" instead of "6.0.0-" in Replaces field

2012-01-05 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
#873435 is the corresponding bug for dpkg. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900566 Title: libqwt-dev should use "6.0.0" instead of "6.0.0-" in Replaces field To manage notifications ab

[Bug 900566] Re: "apt-get upgrade" updates/reinstalls package with same version over and over again

2012-01-05 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The problem is that "Replaces: libqwt5-qt4-dev (<< 6.0.0-)" is rewritten into "Replaces: libqwt5-qt4-dev (<< 6.0.0)" by dpkg in the status file and apt detects the difference... and thinks the package has changed. Please drop that useless dash in the version. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate

[Bug 369898] Re: dpkg hangs with no information on corrpted /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list file

2012-01-03 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The fix has been committed upstream in commit c07f7fea4206bc002578b2032871c9f63457bde8. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 911061] Re: package vim-tiny 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3 [modified: usr/share/vim/vim72/doc/tags usr/share/vim/vim72/doc/help.txt] failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package vim-tiny is already inst

2012-01-02 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal: sudo apt-get clean Then try

[Bug 911063] Re: package ureadahead 0.100.0-4.1.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package ureadahead is already installed and configured

2012-01-02 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal: sudo apt-get clean Then try

[Bug 910688] Re: dpkg: warning: ignoring pre-dependency problem!

2012-01-02 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
If you don't give any context about when and how dpkg has generated this message, there's nothing we can do about it. And it's unlikely to be a bug in dpkg... if anything it would be a bug in the tool that calls dpkg and that instructs him to ignore some problems. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)

[Bug 910690] Re: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 51 package 'dpkg':

2012-01-02 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 900904 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900904 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 900904 warnings in bootstrap.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.l

[Bug 900904] Re: warnings in bootstrap.log

2012-01-01 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
A warning is not an error, there are situations where they can rightfully be emitted. I'm not sure what bootstrap.log refers to... but if you want to get rid of those warnings you should file a bug against the tool that generates this log file. Is it debootstrap maybe ? ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu

Re: [Bug 910676] [NEW] nautilus-dropbox package attempted to download during update while dropbox service was running, got stuck at 52% download

2012-01-01 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
update ? At least I see no direct reason why a running dropbox would be affected by an ongoing upgrade. > Download got stuck at 52%, so I killed the process, which caused the > update to fail. This is fixed with newer nautilus-dropbox (>= 0.7.0-2). status fixreleased Cheers, -- Rap

[Bug 909585] Re: package nautilus-dropbox 0.6.8-1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 137

2011-12-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
This issue has been fixed with version 0.7.0-1 of the package and newer (available in precise). ** Changed in: nautilus-dropbox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.l

[Bug 909488] Re: nautilus-dropbox doesn't install dropbox client to correct location

2011-12-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
tered. Alas you did not seem interested in pursuing this. Cheers, Raphaël Hertzog. ** Changed in: nautilus-dropbox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 909340] Re: package memtest86+ 1.70-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:

2011-12-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The underlying error is this one. It's not dpkg's fault at least. Maybe you have some security policy that forbids this operation, or maybe it's mounted read-only or something similar. Unpacking replacement memtest86+ ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/memtest86+_4.00-2ubuntu3_i38

[Bug 846871] Re: dropbox crashed with KeyError in __getitem__(): 'content-length'

2011-12-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
This bug is related to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=651065 and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=651143 The real underlying problem is likely an intermediary proxy that refuses the download. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #651065 http://bugs.debian.

[Bug 905223] Re: dropbox crashed with GpgmeError in verify_signature(): (7, 58, u'No data')

2011-12-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
This bug is related to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=651065 and http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=651143 ** Changed in: nautilus-dropbox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #651065 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bu

[Bug 905223] Re: dropbox crashed with GpgmeError in verify_signature(): (7, 58, u'No data')

2011-12-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
** Visibility changed to: Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/905223 Title: dropbox crashed with GpgmeError in verify_signature(): (7, 58, u'No data') To manage notifications abo

[Bug 908733] Re: package dpkg 1.16.0~ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: ezin da sartu artxiboan: No such file or directory

2011-12-26 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
This is not a bug in dpkg, it just tells that the file can't be found. It might be a bug in apt or something else that removed the file from where it was expected. ** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => apt (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this

[Bug 905006] Re: package fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/lib/fglrx/etc/ati/authatieventsd.sh usr/src/fglrx-8.861/libfglrx_ip.a usr/src/fglrx-8.861/dkms.conf] failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMess

2011-12-24 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The underlying problem is in fglrx: Preparing to replace fglrx 2:8.861-0ubuntu1 (using .../fglrx_2%3a8.881-0ubuntu4.1_i386.deb) ... Removing all DKMS Modules Done. One or more files have been altered since installation. Uninstall will not be completed. See /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.log for deta

[Bug 907645] Re: package libsane-hpaio 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package libsane-hpaio is already installed and configured

2011-12-21 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Input/Output error is a sign of failing hardware more than a sign of a bug. Sorry. I'm closing the bug as invalid. Please check your hard disk and your memory. Preparing to replace libsane-hpaio 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 (using .../libsane-hpaio_3.11.1-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libsan

[Bug 907647] Re: package libltdl-dev 2.2.6b-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package libltdl-dev is already installed and configured

2011-12-21 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 907645 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907645 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 907645 package libsane-hpaio 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package libsane-hpaio is already installed and configured -- You re

[Bug 907648] Re: package libsasl2-modules 2.1.23.dfsg1-5ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package libsasl2-modules is already installed and configured

2011-12-21 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 907645 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907645 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 907645 package libsane-hpaio 3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package libsane-hpaio is already installed and configured -- You re

[Bug 906682] Re: Extracting templates from packages during updating does not fully complete

2011-12-19 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
dpkg is not responsible of this progress bar, it's debconf. ** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => debconf (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/906682 Title: Extracting templates fr

Re: [Bug 902603] Re: When installing Multi-Arch: same (meta-)package for two architectures, dpkg considers one arch as completely disappeared

2011-12-16 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
logic to restrict the test to multi-arch same packages. It seems to work now. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ ** Attachment added: "patch" https://

[Bug 902603] Re: When installing Multi-Arch: same (meta-)package for two architectures, dpkg considers one arch as completely disappeared

2011-12-15 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Here's the proposed patch for dpkg. Not tested but should be ok. ** Attachment added: "Dpkg patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/902603/+attachment/2634152/+files/patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed t

[Bug 858167] Re: terminal freeze during update operation

2011-12-12 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Please provide the log of what you see on the terminal, you should have a copy in /var/log/apt/term.log. ** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => grub2 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bu

Re: [Bug 894768] Re: Installation randomly fails with: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 621, in copy_file targetfh.write(buf) IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

2011-12-11 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
. The kernel problem is not new (cf the old failures against dpkg that I reassigned), it's just that it triggered more easily under some circumstances in Precise. It would be interesting to have the opinion of the kernel team on whether it's easy to backport the fix on older kernels. Cheer

[Bug 902587] Re: package libneon27-gnutls 0.29.5-3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package libneon27-gnutls is already installed and configured

2011-12-10 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
I don't really understand what's happening here. The installation fails because libreoffice-core is not installed... but it looks like it is since we see it's being upgraded. But the upgrade shows warnings that are not generated by dpkg but that are still attributed to dpkg. Preparing to replace l

[Bug 902635] Re: package freedroidrpg-data 0.12.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package freedroidrpg-data is already installed and configured

2011-12-10 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Input/output error is a sign of defective hardware usually and not a bug. Unpacking replacement freedroidrpg-data ... dpkg-deb (subprocess): failed to read on buffer copy for failed to write to pipe in copy: Input/output error dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2 dpkg:

[Bug 901880] Re: installation of original package from www.dropbox.com failed - Dropbox works

2011-12-10 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
This shows that the Dropbox-provided package is correctly installed. I have no idea why gdebi would not work in this situation. Reaffecting the bug against this package. ** Package changed: nautilus-dropbox (Ubuntu) => gdebi (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

Re: [Bug 901880] Re: installation of original package from www.dropbox.com failed - Dropbox works

2011-12-09 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
> > I hope, i can define the problem is now correct. Please give me the output of "dpkg -s nautilus-dropbox". This command is to be typed on a terminal. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it

Re: [Bug 901880] [NEW] installation of original package from www.dropbox.com failed - Dropbox works

2011-12-09 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
the Dropbox icon > appeared and synchronized my folders! The package provided by dropbox install binaries in your /home and if you installed an autostart script that point to those binaries (which can be done with "dropbox autostart") then the it might run even if the package is not correc

[Bug 901664] Re: Packaging a new version of nautilus-dropbox

2011-12-08 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
And ? Oneiric is released, it won't get a new version. If you want to prepare a backport, feel free to go ahead but the latest versions of the package do not bring much enhancements and it's only a wrapper, you always get the latest version of dropbox itself from Dropbox anyway. Precise will auto

[Bug 901643] Re: package dkms 2.1.1.2-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package dkms is already installed and configured

2011-12-08 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The attached log files do not show any error. I'm afraid there's nothing we can do if you don't show exactly what failed and how it failed. The error message in the title suggests that dkms failed to unpack (and then apt wrongfully tried to configure it) but we don't know why. ** Package changed:

[Bug 894768] Re: Installation randomly fails with: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 621, in copy_file targetfh.write(buf) IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument

2011-12-02 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
The kernel unexpectedly returning EINVAL for I/O is not something new unfortunately, I saw it in a few dpkg related bug reports too: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-natty/+bug/827942 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tzdata/+bug/773850 -- You received this b

Re: [Bug 898426] Re: Running ubuntu 11.10 and trying to do they system update. Keep getting "package failed".

2011-12-01 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
On Fri, 02 Dec 2011, Jason U wrote: > Thanks for your help.  Were do I enter this information? In a terminal. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- You

[Bug 898364] Re: Update Issue - affects any instal

2011-12-01 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
It looks like /var/lib/dpkg/available is corrupted, you can try to run "sudo dpkg --clear-avail" to get rid of your problem. ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. ht

[Bug 898426] Re: Running ubuntu 11.10 and trying to do they system update. Keep getting "package failed".

2011-11-30 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Please attach /var/lib/dpkg/available. It looks like corrupted. You can then fix your problem with "sudo dpkg --clear-avail". ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu

[Bug 798793] Re: dpkg: ../../../lib/dpkg/dump.c:250: w_status: Assertion `pigp->trigpend_head' failed.

2011-11-29 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Jared, please attach a tarball with /var/lib/dpkg/status and the content of /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/. And what dpkg invocation is failing exactly ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798793

[Bug 897494] Re: package tzdata-java 2011k-1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package tzdata-java is already installed and configured

2011-11-29 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 573696 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573696 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 573696 dpkg: ../../src/archives.c:763: tarobject: Assertion `r == stab.st_size' failed. Aborted -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 439796] Re: Corrupted /var/lib/dpkg/status

2011-11-29 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
You can reinstate the backup file like you did. But doing this automatically would not be good. It would hide a severe problem. And instead of looking at changing your memory or your disk, you'd continue to not notice that your system is starting to not work properly. -- You received this bug not

[Bug 897264] Re: package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package bash-completion is already installed and configured

2011-11-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
Input/output error is a sign of failing hardware, not of a bug in dpkg. Unpacking replacement kbd ... dpkg-deb (subprocess): failed to read on buffer copy for failed to write to pipe in copy: Input/output error dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste returned error exit status 2 dpkg: error processin

[Bug 897266] Re: package info 4.13a.dfsg.1-6ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package info is already installed and configured

2011-11-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 897264 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/897264 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 897264 package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package bash-completion is already installed and configured -- You re

[Bug 897267] Re: package kbd 1.15-1ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package kbd is already installed and configured

2011-11-28 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 897264 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/897264 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 897264 package bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package bash-completion is already installed and configured -- You re

[Bug 108189] Re: files list file for package `*' is missing final newline

2011-11-27 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
(Eliah I get the mail by a group subscription, no need to subscribe me) It's a wrong good idea IMO. A computer where you can't trust data stored in your filesystem is not very useful. That said I agree that dpkg could give more clue as to what can be done to recover. But then it's merely a wishlis

[Bug 896817] Re: [precise] dpkg can't force installation of multiarch packages with different contents

2011-11-27 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/896817 Title: [precise] dpkg

[Bug 896721] Re: package openoffice.org-voikko 2.1-1build3 failed to install/upgrade:

2011-11-27 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
This is really weird, apt removes a package (openoffice.org-common) and then tries to install another package that pre-depends on the removed package. I don't know how apt can expect this to work... ** Package changed: dpkg (Ubuntu) => apt (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because y

[Bug 108189] Re: files list file for package `*' is missing final newline

2011-11-26 Thread Raphaël Hertzog
dpkg does not produce invalid .list files. Data gets corrupted by bad hardware (disk/memory/filesystem bugs) and after that dpkg complains about the corrupted data. All those .list files are important. If one gets corrupted, you can remove it but you should immediately reinstall the corresponding

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