dpkg - triggers looping
Hello List,
I think i need a hint from an experienced deb packager. Unfortunately i
created a looping trigger within my own packages and try to resolve this.
I use Ubuntu 16.04/dpkg-1.18.4ubuntu1.2
Situations is as follows: For my servers i do packaging of software on
my own. I have packaged and installed my own php 7.0.14 and now want to
upgrade to 7.0.19 .
creating patches, building etc all was successful. My problem occurs
when installing package libapache2-mod-php70
I got this message:
Unpacking php70-common (7.0.19-my1) over (7.0.14-my1) ...
Setting up php70-common (7.0.19-my1) ...
dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
libapache2-mod-php70 -> libapache2-mod-php70
packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
libapache2-mod-php70: /etc/php70/conf.d
dpkg: error processing package libapache2-mod-php70 (--configure):
triggers looping, abandoned
Setting up php70-cli (7.0.19-my1) ...
The problem seems to be located in file /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File in
this line: "/etc/php70/conf.d libapache2-mod-php70"
As i understood this loop php70-common is adding a file to
/etc/php70/conf.d and triggers action for libapache2-mod-php70. Folder
/etc/php70/conf.d is also part of libapache2-mod-php70 respectively
libapache2-mod-php70 is not configured at this point and so the package
libapache2-mod-php70 is triggering itself und leads to a loop. Ist this
the right understanding?
I can manually fix the problem by editing file
/var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File and change "/etc/php70/conf.d
libapache2-mod-php70" to "/etc/php7/conf.d libapache2-mod-php70" before
any installation. But i dont want to do this on every of my servers in
manual way.
Ist there a way to fix this automatically during packageinstallation?
I tried 2 ways:
- I removed libapache2-mod-php70.triggers in new package because i dont
really need it.
- i tried to change /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/File and
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libapache2-mod-php70.triggers in .preinst script.
File editing is basically working ( i print out file contents in
preinst) but this is not changing the error message. It seems dpkg reads
file contents before any installation.
I think i need a helping hand of a pro please.
What should i do now? What would be a professional way to solve this issue?
Thanks,
Hajo
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