Bug#686071: tex-common: trigger break debconf when reconfiguring a (external) latex package
Package: tex-common
Version: 3.13
Severity: important
Hi,
I'm reporting this bug against tex-common, but perhaps it applies to debconf
itself. Please, reassign if needed.
I'm hitting this bug when I try to reconfigure latex-make (whole debian/rules
call "dh_installtex" without any argument)
See:
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vdanjean@eyak:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure latex-make
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour « tex-common »...
VERSION 2.0
^Cdpkg: erreur de traitement de tex-common (--configure) :
interruption du sous-processus script post-installation installé
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
tex-common
vdanjean@eyak:~$
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I had to type ^C after "VERSION 2.0" has been printed.
To recover, I run:
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njean@eyak:~$ sudo dpkg -a --configure
Paramétrage de tex-common (3.13) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done.
Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
Building format(s) --all.
This may take some time... done.
vdanjean@eyak:~$
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As this is reproductible, I added "-x" to the bash options of
/var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst
Here is what I see, then:
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njean@eyak:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure latex-make
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour « tex-common »...
+ umask 022
+ TEXMFSYSVARDIR=/var/lib/texmf
+ TEXMFTREES=/usr/share/texmf /var/lib/texmf
+ FULLTEXMFTREES=/usr/share/texmf /var/lib/texmf /usr/share/texlive/texmf /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist
+ action=triggered
+ trigger=texmf-lsr
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+ [ ! 1 ]
+ [ -z ]
+ exec
+ [ ]
+ exec
+ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
+ export DEBCONF_REDIR
+ db_version 2.0
+ _db_cmd VERSION 2.0
+ _db_internal_IFS=
+ IFS=
+ printf %s\n VERSION 2.0
VERSION 2.0
+ IFS=
+ IFS=
read -r _db_internal_line
^Cdpkg: erreur de traitement de tex-common (--configure) :
interruption du sous-processus script post-installation installé
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
tex-common
vdanjean@eyak:~$
=======
And then, when recovering:
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vdanjean@eyak:~$ sudo dpkg -a --configure
Paramétrage de tex-common (3.13) ...
+ umask 022
+ TEXMFSYSVARDIR=/var/lib/texmf
+ TEXMFTREES=/usr/share/texmf /var/lib/texmf
+ FULLTEXMFTREES=/usr/share/texmf /var/lib/texmf /usr/share/texlive/texmf /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist
+ action=configure
+ trigger=3.13
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+ [ ! ]
+ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
+ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
+ [ ]
+ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst configure 3.13
+ umask 022
+ TEXMFSYSVARDIR=/var/lib/texmf
+ TEXMFTREES=/usr/share/texmf /var/lib/texmf
+ FULLTEXMFTREES=/usr/share/texmf /var/lib/texmf /usr/share/texlive/texmf /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist
+ action=configure
+ trigger=3.13
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+ [ ! 1 ]
+ [ -z ]
+ exec
+ [ ]
+ exec
+ DEBCONF_REDIR=1
+ export DEBCONF_REDIR
+ db_version 2.0
+ _db_cmd VERSION 2.0
+ _db_internal_IFS=
+ IFS=
+ printf %s\n VERSION 2.0
+ IFS=
+ IFS=
read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET=2.0
+ return 0
+ [ -f /etc/texmf/language.dat ]
+ dpkg --compare-versions 3.13 lt 3
+ update-texmf
+ trigger=texmf-lsr texmf-map
+ do_triggers
[...]
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So, it seems something is wrong with debconf redirection ("VERSION 2.0"
should not have been displayed on my terminal). I do not know if the bug comes
from tex-common (bad use of debconf) or from debconf itself (bug when invoked
through trigger)
Regards,
Vincent
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386 armel mipsel
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.45
ii dpkg 1.16.8
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3
tex-common recommends no packages.
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 9.20120608
Versions of packages texlive-base depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.45
ii dpkg 1.16.8
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu2
ii luatex 0.70.1.20120524-3
ii texlive-binaries 2012.20120628-2
ii texlive-common 2012.20120611-3
ii texlive-doc-base 2012.20120611-1
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3
ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6
Versions of packages texlive-base recommends:
ii lmodern 2.004.1-5
Versions of packages texlive-base suggests:
ii acroread [pdf-viewer] 9.5.1-0.1
ii evince [postscript-viewer] 3.4.0-2+build1
ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.05~dfsg-6
ii gv [postscript-viewer] 1:3.7.3-1
ii okular [postscript-viewer] 4:4.8.4-2
ii perl-tk 1:804.030-1
ii xpdf [pdf-viewer] 3.03-10
Versions of packages texlive-binaries depends on:
ii dpkg 1.16.8
ii ed 1.6-2
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii libc6 2.13-35
ii libfontconfig1 2.9.0-7
ii libfreetype6 2.4.9-1
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-6
ii libgraphite3 1:2.3.1-0.2
ii libkpathsea6 2012.20120628-2
ii libpng12-0 1.2.49-2
ii libpoppler19 0.18.4-3
ii libptexenc1 2012.20120628-2
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-6
ii libx11-6 2:1.5.0-1
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.10-2
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.1-1
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.10-1
ii libxt6 1:1.1.3-1
ii perl 5.14.2-12
ii texlive-common 2012.20120611-3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
Versions of packages texlive-binaries recommends:
ii luatex 0.70.1.20120524-3
ii python 2.7.3-2
ii ruby 4.9
ii ruby1.8 [ruby] 1.8.7.358-4
ii texlive-base 2012.20120611-3
ii tk8.5 [wish] 8.5.11-2
-- debconf information:
texlive-base/texconfig_ignorant:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
texlive-base/binary_chooser: pdftex, dvips, dvipdfmx, xdvi
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
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