Re: apt can't install sane-utils on foreign architecture

[ValdikSS <iam@valdikss.org.ru>]

4.1.25 0:01, ValdikSS пишет:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using mkosi project to build Debian system container images, which 
> has recently switched from using debootstrap to plain apt.
>
> After the change, it's not possible to build Bookworm armhf container 
> with sane-utils package. This is because, for some reason, apt 
> configures sane-utils before libsane1, but expects libsane1 post-install 
> script to create scanner group beforehand. This is reproducible without 
> mkosi, just with apt, and happens only when running apt on foreign 
> architecture.
>
> Mkosi developers told me this is sane packaging issue, and I already 
> have contacted sane maintainer. However mkosi runs apt with 
> APT::Immediate-Configure=off option, and I'd like to know from apt 
> developers whether this is reasonable to use it in this case, or could 
> it create more issues then good.
>
> Please check the response of mkosi developers at https://github.com/ 
> systemd/mkosi/issues/3310
>
> The issue reproducible with just debootstrap+apt, and affects armhf and 
> aarch64 at least. Commands are attached. I used podman container with 
> bookworm to run it.
>
> The result is the following:
>
> Setting up sane-utils:armhf (1.2.1-2) ...
> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
> debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog 
> based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/ 
> Dialog.pm line 78.)
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
> Adding saned group and user...
> adduser: The group `scanner' does not exist.
> dpkg: error processing package sane-utils:armhf (--configure):
> installed sane-utils:armhf package post-installation script subprocess 
> returned error exit status 1
> Setting up libperl5.36:armhf (5.36.0-7+deb12u1) ...
> Setting up update-inetd (4.53) ...
> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog
> debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog 
> based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/ 
> Dialog.pm line 78.)
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
> Setting up libsane1:armhf (1.2.1-2) ...
> Adding scanner group...
> Processing triggers for libc-bin:armhf (2.36-9+deb12u9) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> sane-utils:armhf
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Hello again,
Just making sure that the email has been delivered, as it may have been 
lost due to DMARC restrictions on my server.

Sane package maintainer thinks this is apt bug.

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