Re: openoffice.org-gcj update broke?
On Thursday 06 December 2007 01:00:11 Roy Butler wrote:
> I went ahead with update-notifier's suggestion today to upgrade Open
> Office. It all went well, until it got to openoffice.org-gcj. The old
> version apparently has post-removal scripts that return an error code,
> breaking the whole process.
>
> Anyone else run into this today? If so, have a solution? Below is a
> partial run through of the stuff I've tried.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Roy
>
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> kernel:~# apt-get install openoffice.org-gcj
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> openoffice.org-gcj
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/5056kB of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> (Reading database ... 92374 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace openoffice.org-gcj 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch2 (using
> .../openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-gcj ...
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb
> (--unpack):
> subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> kernel:~# apt-get -f upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> openoffice.org-gcj
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/5056kB of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> (Reading database ... 92374 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace openoffice.org-gcj 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch2 (using
> .../openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-gcj ...
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb
> (--unpack):
> subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> kernel:~# apt-get remove openoffice.org-gcj
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> openoffice.org-gcj
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 17.6MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-gcj (--remove):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> openoffice.org-gcj
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> kernel:~# apt-get install openoffice.org-gcj
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> openoffice.org-gcj
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/5056kB of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> (Reading database ... 92374 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace openoffice.org-gcj 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch2 (using
> .../openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-gcj ...
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb
> (--unpack):
> subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> kernel:~# apt-get install --reinstall openoffice.org-gcj
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> openoffice.org-gcj
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B/5056kB of archives.
> After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> (Reading database ... 92374 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace openoffice.org-gcj 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch2 (using
> .../openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-gcj ...
> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb
> (--unpack):
> subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>
> /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch4_powerpc.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
>
> kernel:~# apt-get remove --purge openoffice.org-gcj
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> openoffice.org-gcj
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives.
> After unpacking 17.6MB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> dpkg: error processing openoffice.org-gcj (--remove):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> openoffice.org-gcj
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
tried dpkg --force-all?
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