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Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:53:34 +1100
From: Chris McCowage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: apt-get: Unable to configure a package that failed to install,
config.dat locked by frontend
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Package: apt-get
Version: apt 0.6.42.1 for linux i386 compiled on Oct 23 2005 11:34:57
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
apt-get is broken, while attempting to install cupsys, libspl1 was scheduled
for installation but failed. Any further attempts fail as below.
Summary
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by a process "frontend", if you
kill the
process it restarts and locks the file again, not cleared by a reboot.
Looks like a
recursive problem. Can't install because of a pending
install/reconfigure and
can't remove the install from the queue, Catch 22.
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by
another process
nimbus:/home/cmc# lsof | grep config.dat
frontend 6163 root 4rW REG 8,20 57340 129042
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat
nimbus:/home/cmc# fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat
root 6163 f.... frontend
nimbus:/home/cmc# ps aux | grep 6163
root 6163 0.0 0.8 10792 8772 pts/0 S+ 15:03 0:00
/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend ./show-menu 0 new
root 6616 0.0 0.0 1924 600 pts/1 R+ 15:30 0:00 grep 6163
nimbus:/home/cmc# ps aux | grep 6163
root 6163 0.0 0.8 10792 8772 pts/0 S+ 15:03 0:00
/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend ./show-menu 0 new
root 6616 0.0 0.0 1924 600 pts/1 R+ 15:30 0:00 grep 6163
nimbus:/home/cmc# kill 6163
nimbus:/home/cmc# ps aux | grep 6163
nimbus:/home/cmc# fuser -v /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat
root 6753 f.... frontend
Tried apt-get -f install
dpkg --configure -a (twice)
as per APT HOWTO
Tried to identify where frontend comes from, but to no avail.
nimbus:/home/cmc# apt-file search /usr/share/debconf/frontend
E: No config file found
: No such file or directory
I have given this a good shot, done my homework, I am completely stuck.
Please help.
btw, installing etch beta 1 after SATA HDD problem with sarge, see
Bug#342359.
Regards,
Chris
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Subject: Re: Bug#343701: apt-get: Unable to configure a package that failed to
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On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 10:53:34PM +1100, Chris McCowage wrote:
> nimbus:/home/cmc# ps aux | grep 6163
> root 6163 0.0 0.8 10792 8772 pts/0 S+ 15:03 0:00
> /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend ./show-menu 0 new
> root 6616 0.0 0.0 1924 600 pts/1 R+ 15:30 0:00 grep 6=
163
Er... you have to finish the initial configuration of the system on tty1
before you can fire up apt-get and expect debconf-using packages to install
cleanly. If there's any bug here, it would have to be a base-config bug or
a debconf bug at least, not an apt bug.
--=20
Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
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