Public bug reported:
[I'm choosing no package because I've had this error in several
packages..]
Short problem description
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A lot of packages fail in their post-installation script execution. Hence,
executing the postinst script on the shell directly works! dpkg reports an exit
status != 0, but it seems to go well on the shell (no visible error executing
the postinst-script via bash or sh!)
--> General error in postinst script execution ?
Situation
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Normal Kubuntu 7.1 out of the box, nothing fancy installed.
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
Sources: universe, multiverse
What I tried
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Overall I'm trying to install MythTV on my existing box..
1.) Install mythtv-frontend.
This obviously pulls a lot of new dependencies, all the gnome stuff (which i
currently do not have installed on this kubuntu setup)
In the coming installation, the configuring of packages is failing.
I had errors in gconf, libgksu2-0, i "fixed" them by manually executing
their postinst, empty them and running the dpkg --configure again..
Error
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1) Package configure -> Fails!
> Setting up libgnomevfs2-common (1:2.20.0-0ubuntu3) ...
> dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-common (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 249
2) Manual Execution -> Success!
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/libgnomevfs2-common.postinst
> configure
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#
3) Stupid workaround!
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# echo '#!/bin/sh' >
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libgnomevfs2-common.postinst && pkg --configure
> libgnomevfs2-common
Important note
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I'm really sorry if this is a false report or maybe easy to fix - I'm a senior
'pro' _gentoo_ user, I'm having a ubuntu box as 2nd workstation, but I don't
know ubuntu/debian that well I could.. ! ;-)
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Debug stuff
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg --debug=3773 --configure libgnomevfs2-common
D000040: checking dependencies of libgnomevfs2-common (- <none>)
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> gconf2
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> gnome-mime-data
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000400: checking group ...
D000400: checking possibility -> shared-mime-info
D000400: is installed, ok and found
D000400: found 3
D000400: found 3 matched 0 possfixbytrig -
D000040: ok 2 msgs >><<
D000040: checking Breaks
Setting up libgnomevfs2-common (1:2.20.0-0ubuntu3) ...
D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/libgnomevfs2-common.postinst ( configure
)
dpkg: error processing libgnomevfs2-common (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 249
Errors were encountered while processing:
libgnomevfs2-common
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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General apt "post installation script" failures
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205926
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