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Bug#221215: marked as done (glibc-doc: Missing versioned depend (or conflict) on dpkg)

Your message dated Mon, 22 May 2006 10:05:46 +0200
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and subject line Bug#221215: Bug#239061: Segfault when setting up glibc-doc
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Package: glibc-doc
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-10
Severity: important

The post-install of this version of glibc-doc depends on some bugfix
present only in a later version of dpkg, but doesn't say so in its
depends / conflicts fields.

With dpkg 1.9.21, here is the error message one gets:

Setting up glibc-doc (2.3.2.ds1-10) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/glibc-doc.postinst: line 19: 23305 Segmentation fault      install-info --quiet --section "GNU C library functions" "GNU C library functions" /usr/share/info/libc-dir-add.info
dpkg: error processing glibc-doc (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139

Once dpkg 1.10.18 is installed, post-install of glibc-doc goes well.

I didn't test intermediary versions of dpkg.

Please depend on a new-enough version of dpkg or conflict with too-old
dpkg.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux tofu 2.4.20-usagi+devmap #1 mer avr 9 16:18:03 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=fr_LU@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_LU@euro

-- no debconf information

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On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 09:31:47AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:47:00 +0200,
> Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> > >>>   (3) This problem is occured when your dpkg is old (woody) and you
> > >>>       want to install sarge's glibc-doc.  I wonder we need to support
> > >>>       such situation.
> > 
> > >> I think we should. People mixing stable and testing/unstable, or more
> > >> simply doing stage-wise upgrades is relatively common. We should give
> > >> them the hint that dpkg should be upgraded first.
> > 
> > > Did you confirm this bug?
> > 
> > I encountered it with glibc-doc, upgraded dpkg to fix it and continued
> > my upgrade. So, I didn't see if it hits other packages.
> 
> There're two bug reports separately, so I guess dpkg + glibc-doc made
> breakage in the past.
> 
> > > At least the current upgrade does not induce this problem, I think
> > > we don't need depends or conflicts.
> > 
> > If the woody -> sarge transition is OK, then the need for it is
> > greatly reduced.
> 
> I believe so.
> 
> I wonder why dpkg broke glibc-doc installation at that time.  If no
> one object, I'll close this bug instead of adding depends/conflicts.
> 
> Please report if you have trouble with another woody->sarge upgrade.
> 
Nobody has objected in almost 2 years, so cllosing the bug now. 

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