Bug#51111: marked as done (apt: handles breakages in unpacking badly doing upgrades)
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From: Matthew Vernon <matthew@sel.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: apt: handles breakages in unpacking badly doing upgrades
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:25:53 +0000
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.13
Severity: important
Hi,
The below (rather long) typescript illustrates the
problem. libforms is a little broken (so the upacking stage fails),
but apt then fails to configure the rest of the packages its unpacked.
Matthew
Script started on Tue Nov 23 18:18:47 1999
root@pick:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 0%Reading Package Lists... 2%Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 0%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 50%Building Dependency Tree... 51%Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
eterm-backgrounds
The following NEW packages will be installed:
icmpinfo midentd rdate rdist rsh-server rwall rwho tftp vflib2
The following packages have been kept back
enlightenment inn kbd libgtk-imlib-perl libmime-base64-perl libpgperl lilo perl-tk slice
109 packages upgraded, 9 newly installed, 1 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/54.9MB of archives. After unpacking 12.5MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
<snip>
Preparing to replace libforms0.88 0.88.1-2 (using .../libs/libforms0.88_0.88.1-3.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libforms0.88 ...
dpkg: error processing /sunsite/packages/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386/libs/libforms0.88_0.88.1-3.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88', which is also in package xforms
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to replace debmake 3.6.1 (using .../devel/debmake_3.6.1.0.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement debmake ...
Preparing to replace enlightenment-theme-bluesteel 0.16.1-1 (using .../enlightenment-theme-bluesteel_0.16.2-1.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement enlightenment-theme-bluesteel ...
Preparing to replace xbomb 2.1a-1 (using .../games/xbomb_2.1a-2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xbomb ...
Preparing to replace battleball 2.0-7 (using .../games/battleball_2.0-8.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement battleball ...
Preparing to replace screen 3.9.5-3 (using .../misc/screen_3.9.5-4.deb) ...
Cannot find termcap: Can't find a valid termcap file at /usr/lib/perl5/5.004/Term/ReadLine.pm line 305
Unpacking replacement screen ...
Preparing to replace xscreensaver 3.17-5 (using .../x11/xscreensaver_3.21-1.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xscreensaver ...
Preparing to replace doc-debian 2.0.0 (using .../doc/doc-debian_2.0.1.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement doc-debian ...
Selecting previously deselected package rsh-server.
Unpacking rsh-server (from .../net/rsh-server_0.10-6.deb) ...
Preparing to replace typist 2.2b-1 (using .../games/typist_2.2b-2.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement typist ...
Selecting previously deselected package vflib2.
Unpacking vflib2 (from .../libs/vflib2_2.24.2-4.deb) ...
Preparing to replace gs 5.10-2 (using .../binary-i386/text/gs_5.10-4.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gs ...
Preparing to replace autoconf 2.13-12 (using .../devel/autoconf_2.13-13.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement autoconf ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/sunsite/packages/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386/libs/libforms0.88_0.88.1-3.deb
E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)
root@pick:~# dpkg --pending --configure
Setting up vflib2 (2.24.2-4) ...
Setting up typist (2.2b-2) ...
Setting up xbomb (2.1a-2) ...
Setting up enlightenment-theme-bluesteel (0.16.2-1) ...
Setting up battleball (2.0-8) ...
Setting up doc-debian (2.0.1) ...
Setting up xscreensaver (3.21-1) ...
Setting up debmake (3.6.1.0) ...
Setting up autoconf (2.13-13) ...
Setting up rsh-server (0.10-6) ...
Configuration file `/etc/hosts.equiv'
==> File on system created by you or by a script.
==> File also in package provided by package maintainer.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : background this process to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** hosts.equiv (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? y
Installing new version of config file /etc/hosts.equiv ...
Setting up screen (3.9.5-4) ...
Setting up gs (5.10-4) ...
root@pick:~# exit
exit
Script done on Tue Nov 23 18:22:10 1999
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux pick 2.3.13 #1 Tue Aug 10 22:07:25 BST 1999 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.2-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone
ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-3 The GNU stdc++ library
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Subject: Re: Bug#51111: apt: handles breakages in unpacking badly doing upgrades
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Matthew Vernon wrote:
> The below (rather long) typescript illustrates the
> problem. libforms is a little broken (so the upacking stage fails),
> but apt then fails to configure the rest of the packages its unpacked.
This is a well known flaw with dpkg, there is nothing that can be done
about it.
Jason
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