Bug#964471: libreoffice-l10n-ru: error when configuring: cp: cannot create regular file '/etc/libreoffice/registry/Langpack-ru.xcd': No such file or directory

[Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:13:58PM +0300, Evgeny Kapun wrote:
> When upgrading Libreoffice, the following errors occur:
> 
> 
> Setting up libreoffice-l10n-ru (1:7.0.0~rc1-3) ...
> 
> Creating config file /etc/libreoffice/registry/Langpack-ru.xcd with new version
> cp: cannot create regular file '/etc/libreoffice/registry/Langpack-ru.xcd': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-l10n-ru (--configure):
>  installed libreoffice-l10n-ru package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreoffice-help-ru:
>  libreoffice-help-ru depends on libreoffice-l10n-ru; however:
>   Package libreoffice-l10n-ru is not configured yet.
> 
> dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-help-ru (--configure):
>  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libreoffice-l10n-ru
>  libreoffice-help-ru
> 
> 
> This is apparently caused by /etc/libreoffice/registry not existing.

Interesting. I had that error once for other packages:

libreoffice (1:7.0.0~alpha1-2) experimental; urgency=medium

libreoffice (1:7.0.0~alpha1-2) experimental; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/libreoffice.jar-pom.diff: add pom for new
    libreoffice.jar
  * debian/patches/bigendian-ustrbuf-hxx.diff: add missing include
    on bigendian architectures
  * debian/patches/skia-SkOpts_crc32.diff: add missing SkOpts_crc32
    to fix skia build on arm

  * debian/control*in:
    - make -librelogo, -sdbc-postgresql and -report-builder explicitly
      depend on libreoffice-common (>= 1:7.0.0~alpha~) as otherwise
      /etc/libreoffice/registry might not exist yet
[...]

but how did you get into this situation?

Any upgrade I tried (and yes, also with -l10n-de/-help-de installed)
upgtaded libreoffice-common before the l10ns (and thus /etc/libreoffice/registry
iwas there at .postinst time)....

Regards,

Rene