Bug#119267: marked as done (apt: Sometimes bombs out after unpacking lots of packages without configuring them)
reopen 119267
reassign 119267 scrollkeeper
thanks
GOD DAMN IT JASON. LEARN TO USE THE FUCKING BTS. YOU ARE NOT A MORON, YET
YOU CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO USE THE CONTROL@BUGS.DEBIAN.ORG SOFTWARE.
VERY VERY PISSED
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> From: Gregory Stark <stark@stark.2y.net>
> Subject: apt: Sometimes bombs out after unpacking lots of packages without configuring them
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> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.4
> Severity: normal
>
> In the following case after a single bad package fails to unpack apt proceeds
> to unpack several dozen more packages then exits. It fails to install about 40
> more packages for no reason, and it doesn't even configure the 20 packages it
> unpacked. I suppose the work-around is the same as it was for dselect, keep
> repeating the command until all the packages are installed?
>
>
> 63 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 644 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/11.1MB of archives. After unpacking 3913kB will be used.
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 88769 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace scrollkeeper 0.2-1 (using .../scrollkeeper_0.2-5_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement scrollkeeper ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/scrollkeeper_0.2-5_i386.deb (--unpack):
> trying to overwrite `/usr/share/doc-base/scrollkeeper', which is also in package libscrollkeeper0
> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
> Preparing to replace sendip 1.4-1 (using .../archives/sendip_1.5-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement sendip ...
> Preparing to replace sgml-base 1.10 (using .../sgml-base_1.11_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement sgml-base ...
> Preparing to replace sgml-data 1.5.2 (using .../sgml-data_1.5.3_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement sgml-data ...
> Preparing to replace siag-common 3.4.7-2 (using .../siag-common_3.4.10-2_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement siag-common ...
> Preparing to replace siagoffice-plugins 3.4.7-2 (using .../siagoffice-plugins_3.4.10-2_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement siagoffice-plugins ...
> Preparing to replace siagoffice-common 3.4.7-2 (using .../siagoffice-common_3.4.10-2_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement siagoffice-common ...
> Preparing to replace sing 1.0-3 (using .../archives/sing_1.1-4_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement sing ...
> Preparing to replace smtp-refuser 1.0.3 (using .../smtp-refuser_1.0.4_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement smtp-refuser ...
> Preparing to replace so-far 6-7 (using .../archives/so-far_6-9_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement so-far ...
> Preparing to replace socket 1.1-5 (using .../archives/socket_1.1-6_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement socket ...
> Preparing to replace sortmail 19910421-5 (using .../sortmail_19910421-7_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement sortmail ...
> Preparing to replace sox 12.17.1-2 (using .../sox_12.17.1-5.1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement sox ...
> Preparing to replace spamfilter 1.8-1 (using .../spamfilter_1.9-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement spamfilter ...
> Preparing to replace spellcast 1.0-8 (using .../spellcast_1.0-9_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement spellcast ...
> Preparing to replace splay 0.9.5.1-1 (using .../splay_0.9.5.1-3_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement splay ...
> Preparing to replace squid-cgi 2.4.1-3 (using .../squid-cgi_2.4.2-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement squid-cgi ...
> Preparing to replace squidclient 2.4.1-3 (using .../squidclient_2.4.2-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement squidclient ...
> Preparing to replace ssh-askpass-gnome 1:2.5.2p2-1 (using .../ssh-askpass-gnome_1%3a2.9p2-6_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement ssh-askpass-gnome ...
> Preparing to replace ssleay 0.9.6-2 (using .../ssleay_0.9.6b-2_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement ssleay ...
> Preparing to replace steghide 0.3.1-3 (using .../steghide_0.3.1-4_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement steghide ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/scrollkeeper_0.2-5_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> bash-2.05
>
>
>
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Kernel Version: Linux stark.2y.net 2.4.14 #1 Sat Nov 10 23:52:19 EST 2001 i686 unknown
>
> Versions of the packages apt depends on:
> ii libc6 2.2.4-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
> ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-0.01082 The GNU stdc++ library
>
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> To: Gregory Stark <stark@stark.2y.net>, 119267-done@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#119267: apt: Sometimes bombs out after unpacking lots of packages without configuring them
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> On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Gregory Stark wrote:
>
> > In the following case after a single bad package fails to unpack apt proceeds
> > to unpack several dozen more packages then exits. It fails to install about 40
> > more packages for no reason, and it doesn't even configure the 20 packages it
> > unpacked. I suppose the work-around is the same as it was for dselect, keep
> > repeating the command until all the packages are installed?
>
> This is a general problem with dpkg.
>
> Jason
>
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