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Re: openoffice.org-gcj update broke?

Børge Holen wrote:

On Thursday 06 December 2007 01:19:28 Roy Butler wrote:

Børge Holen wrote:

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.d
eb (--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.d
eb 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.d
eb (--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.d
eb 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.d
eb (--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.d
eb 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.d
eb (--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.d
eb 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?

I just tried this with the -i and the path to my apt cache deb package
for openoffice.org-gcj, as well as trying to purge the package with
this.  Not sure if one of these is exactly what you meant, but they both
give the same subprocess post-removal script errors from my other attempts.
I meant more in the line of dpkg --force-all --purge (or -i) openoffice.org-gcj directly from the archives.
I've had some f*ed up errors from time to time and had to edit the package file manually to tell it to get a move on...
LOL, I just began the openoffice.org-gcj postinst and postrm scripts with "exit 0" and the upgrade appears to have worked. Additionally, I can add new packages now and run things like the Synaptic manager and "apt-get upgrade".
Thanks a lot for your help, unless the whole thing blows up in two minutes. :) 


Roy
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