Re: Bug#741481: Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/mutt', line 14: all `Format' sections are invalid.
[ CCing src:dpkg and src:apt as I have no idea why this is happening ]
Hi Michael,
thanks for the report!
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:51:11PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> During the latest upgrade, I got the following error message:
>
> Preparing to unpack .../mutt_1.5.22-2_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking mutt (1.5.22-2) ...
> Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.6-1) ...
> Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
> Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.8.0-2) ...
> Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54) ...
> Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.5) ...
> Processing 1 added doc-base file...
> Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/mutt', line 14: all `Format' sections are
> invalid.
> Note: `install-docs --verbose --check file_name' may give more details
> about the above error.
> Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
> Processing triggers for menu (2.1.46) ...
> Setting up mutt (1.5.22-2) ...
> update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mutt-org to provide /usr/bin/mutt
> (mutt) in auto mode
> Processing triggers for menu (2.1.46) ...
This is interesting. It sliped my testing of the change ([1]), as I
installed the package directly via dpkg, where mutt.postinst and the
doc-base triggers are run in the "correct" order (first mutt postinst,
then the triggered stuff):
% sudo dpkg -i /var/cache/pbuilder/result/mutt_1.5.22-2_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 226556 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../result/mutt_1.5.22-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mutt (1.5.22-2) over (1.5.22-1) ...
Setting up mutt (1.5.22-2) ...
update-alternatives: updating alternative /usr/bin/mutt-org because link group mutt has changed slave links
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.6-1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.5) ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.46) ...
In your (and later my) use of apt, doc-base is triggered *before*
update-alternatives has created the proper links to the documentation
and thus doc-base barfs about missing files (w/o useful message, but
still).
@dpkg/apt maintainers: I thought triggers should be run *after* the
package is fully installed and only the order of the triggers is not
guaranteed?
Regards
Evgeni
[1] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-mutt/mutt.git;a=commit;h=8888b2be0d1317199e6cbe1ef87ee4a18fff8c65
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