On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 19:00 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 08:43:52AM +0200, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > > Package: libssl0.9.8 > > Version: 0.9.8e-9 > > Severity: grave > > > > This happened on todays upgrade of 2 independent etch based machines. > > > > # apt-get upgrade > > Preconfiguring packages ... > > (Reading database ... 31627 files and directories currently installed.) > > Preparing to replace libssl-dev 0.9.8c-4 (using > > .../libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch1_i386.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement libssl-dev ... > > Preparing to replace libssl0.9.8 0.9.8c-4 (using > > .../libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch1_i386.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement libssl0.9.8 ... > > Preparing to replace openssl 0.9.8c-4 (using > > .../openssl_0.9.8c-4etch1_i386.deb) ... > > Unpacking replacement openssl ... > > Setting up libssl0.9.8 (0.9.8c-4etch1) ... > > Checking for services that may need to be restarted...done. > > Checking init scripts... > > Configuring libssl0.9.8 > > ----------------------- > [...] > > Which services should be restarted to make them use the new libraries? > > > > > > > > dpkg: error processing libssl0.9.8 (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libssl-dev: > > libssl-dev depends on libssl0.9.8 (= 0.9.8c-4etch1); however: > > Package libssl0.9.8 is not configured yet. > > dpkg: error processing libssl-dev (--configure): > > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openssl: > > openssl depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8c-1); however: > > Package libssl0.9.8 is not configured yet. > > dpkg: error processing openssl (--configure): > > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > libssl0.9.8 > > libssl-dev > > openssl > > How is debconf configured? How did you run the upgrade?
I manually ran apt-get upgrade. > Was this some automated upgrade with frontend dialog that didn't have > a controlling tty? > > I've tried to use the fronends dialog, readline and noninteractive. > Neither of them show this problem for me. One frontend was readline and the other dialog. > The results I got were: > - dialog: it's not showing me the default list of services > to restart. Just pressing enter doesn't restart anything. > I believe this to be a bug in debconf. > However it does properly configure the package. > - readline: Works as expected For me it was vice-versa. dialog was showing me the services and did also restart them. Readline did not show any service (I was supposed to type them in manually but left it blank). Soeren -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
