mozilla-firefox-gnome-support: fails to uninstall

Automatically imported from Debian bug report #287355 http://bugs.debian.org/287355

Message-Id: <E1Cirxx-0001ja-00@localhost>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:19:05 +0100
From: Alexandre Fayolle <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: mozilla-firefox-gnome-support: fails to uninstall

Package: mozilla-firefox-gnome-support
Version: 1.0+dfsg.1-1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to uninstall properly

Hi,

I cannot uninstall mozilla-firefox-gnome-support:

Removing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support ...
Updating mozilla-firefox chrome registry...E:
/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/extensions/installed-extensions.txt still
present. Registration might have gone wrong.
mv: cannot stat `/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/defaults.ini': No such file or
directory
dpkg: error processing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support (--remove):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mozilla-firefox-gnome-support
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: alpha
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-generic
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages mozilla-firefox-gnome-support depends on:
ii libbonobo2-0 2.8.0-4 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libc6.1 2.3.2.ds1-19 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-6 GCC support library
ii libgconf2-4 2.8.1-4 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libglib2.0-0 2.4.8-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome2-0 2.8.0-6 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.8.3-6 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii liborbit2 1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii mozilla-firefox 1.0-5 lightweight web browser based on M

-- no debconf information

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:36:01 -0500
From: Eric Dorland <email address hidden>
To: Alexandre Fayolle <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#287355: mozilla-firefox-gnome-support: fails to uninstall

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* Alexandre Fayolle (<email address hidden>) wrote:
> Package: mozilla-firefox-gnome-support
> Version: 1.0+dfsg.1-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails to uninstall properly

Hmm, are uninstallation bugs considered serious?=20
=20
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> I cannot uninstall mozilla-firefox-gnome-support:
>=20
> Removing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support ...
> Updating mozilla-firefox chrome registry...E:
> /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/extensions/installed-extensions.txt still
> present. Registration might have gone wrong.
> mv: cannot stat `/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/defaults.ini': No such file or
> directory
> dpkg: error processing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support (--remove):
> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> mozilla-firefox-gnome-support
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Did mozilla-firefox install cleanly?=20

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Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:51:41 -0500
From: Eric Dorland <email address hidden>
To: Alexandre <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#287355: mozilla-firefox-gnome-support: fails to uninstall

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tags 287355 important
thanks

* Alexandre (<email address hidden>) wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 04:36:01PM -0500, Eric Dorland wrote:
> > * Alexandre Fayolle (<email address hidden>) wrote:
> > > Package: mozilla-firefox-gnome-support
> > > Version: 1.0+dfsg.1-1
> > > Severity: serious
> > > Justification: fails to uninstall properly
> >=20
> > Hmm, are uninstallation bugs considered serious?=20
>=20
> Not sure about that. Please change the severity if you feel I set it too
> high. It certainly did bug me when I could not uninstall the package and
> it prevented me from installing other packages. Maybe I overreacted.=20

I think important would be better.

> > =20
> > >=20
> > > Hi,
> > >=20
> > > I cannot uninstall mozilla-firefox-gnome-support:
> > >=20
> > > Removing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support ...
> > > Updating mozilla-firefox chrome registry...E:
> > > /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/extensions/installed-extensions.txt still
> > > present. Registration might have gone wrong.
> > > mv: cannot stat `/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/defaults.ini': No such file=
 or
> > > directory
> > > dpkg: error processing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support (--remove):
> > > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > > mozilla-firefox-gnome-support
> > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >=20
> > Did mozilla-firefox install cleanly?=20
>=20
> I'm not sure about that. I upgraded firefox to the latest
> release a couple of hours ago, and can no longer reproduce the bug.
> Maybe this was caused by some version difference due to autobuilder lag
> (it happened on an alpha box).=20
>=20
> Well... I'm sorry I can't bring more help. Maybe the best course of
> action would be closing the bug report, if you think the maintainer
> scripts for mozilla-firefox-gnome-support are correctly handling the
> case where /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/defaults.ini is not there.=20
>=20
> Thanks for your patience. And I hope you'll have a nice new year's eve
> celebration. :-)

Well, actually I think the postrm scripts shouldn't die if
update-mozilla-firefox-chrome fails, so I will fix that in the next
release. Thanks.

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Message-Id: <20041231050139.16F8B5CAE80@nightcrawler>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:01:39 -0500
From: Eric Dorland <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: severity of 287355 is important

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severity 287355 important

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:03:01 +0100
From: Adrian Bunk <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: uninstallation bugs are RC

severity 287355 serious
thanks

It was always clear for me that uninstallation bugs definitely have to
be RC.

Installation bugs are RC, and uninstallation bugs are even worse since
it may take longer util they are discovered.

cu
Adrian

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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:28:03 -0800
From: Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
To: Adrian Bunk <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: uninstallation bugs are RC

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On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 02:03:01PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> severity 287355 serious
> thanks

> It was always clear for me that uninstallation bugs definitely have to=20
> be RC.

> Installation bugs are RC, and uninstallation bugs are even worse since=20
> it may take longer util they are discovered.

Indeed, being unable to uninstall a package is RC.

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Message-ID: <20050109161102.GH16817@localhost>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 13:11:02 -0300
From: Maximiliano Curia <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Calls update-mozilla-firefox-chrome on purge

Tags 287355 +patch

thanks,

The postrm script calls update-mozilla-firefox-chrome (which is part
of mozilla-firefox) on purge, it will fail if the purge of
mozilla-firefox-gnome-support is made after the removal of the
mozilla-firefox package.

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Message-ID: <20050110133444.GA6848@localhost>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:34:44 +0000
From: Paul Brossier <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Calls update-mozilla-firefox-chrome on purge

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just checked the following patch works:

# before
$ sudo dpkg --force-depends --purge mozilla-firefox
dpkg: mozilla-firefox: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 mozilla-firefox-gnome-support depends on mozilla-firefox (= 1.0-4).
(Reading database ... 82173 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mozilla-firefox ...
Purging configuration files for mozilla-firefox ...
$ sudo dpkg --purge mozilla-firefox-gnome-support
(Reading database ... 81699 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm: line 5: update-mozilla-firefox-chrome: command not found
dpkg: error processing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mozilla-firefox-gnome-support

# after
$ sudo dpkg --force-depends --purge mozilla-firefox
dpkg: mozilla-firefox: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 mozilla-firefox-gnome-support depends on mozilla-firefox (= 1.0+dfsg.1-1.1).
(Reading database ... 82172 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mozilla-firefox ...
Purging configuration files for mozilla-firefox ...
$ sudo dpkg --purge mozilla-firefox-gnome-support
(Reading database ... 81699 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing mozilla-firefox-gnome-support ...
Purging configuration files for mozilla-firefox-gnome-support ...

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diff -Nru /tmp/8SIXjj7A0i/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/changelog /tmp/zQMGs4YDro/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/changelog
--- /tmp/8SIXjj7A0i/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/changelog 2005-01-10 03:23:26.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/zQMGs4YDro/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/changelog 2005-01-10 03:24:34.922535608 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+mozilla-firefox (1.0+dfsg.1-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * NMU.
+ * debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm: do not call
+ update-mozilla-firefox-chrome when firefox has already been removed.
+ (renders package uninstallable) (Closes: #287355)
+
+ -- Paul Brossier <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Jan 2005 03:06:32 +0000
+
 mozilla-firefox (1.0+dfsg.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Not a new upstream release.
diff -Nru /tmp/8SIXjj7A0i/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm /tmp/zQMGs4YDro/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm
--- /tmp/8SIXjj7A0i/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm 2005-01-10 03:23:26.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/zQMGs4YDro/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm 2005-01-10 03:24:34.930534392 +0000
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@

 case "$1" in
     abo...

Message-ID: <20050110145503.GA18980@localhost>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:55:04 +0000
From: Paul Brossier <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Calls update-mozilla-firefox-chrome on purge

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same cause same effect, also applying the changes to
debian/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector.postrm

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diff -Nru /tmp/YqK9wguHwk/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/changelog /tmp/Rv6sYBhm74/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/changelog
--- /tmp/YqK9wguHwk/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/changelog 2005-01-10 14:45:59.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/Rv6sYBhm74/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/changelog 2005-01-10 14:47:00.356883440 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+mozilla-firefox (1.0+dfsg.1-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * NMU.
+ * debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm: only calls
+ update-mozilla-firefox-chrome if found, not when firefox has already been
+ removed. (Closes: #287355) same changes applied to
+ debia/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector.postrm
+
+ -- Paul Brossier <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:35:17 +0000
+
 mozilla-firefox (1.0+dfsg.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * Not a new upstream release.
diff -Nru /tmp/YqK9wguHwk/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector.postrm /tmp/Rv6sYBhm74/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector.postrm
--- /tmp/YqK9wguHwk/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector.postrm 2005-01-10 14:45:59.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/Rv6sYBhm74/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector.postrm 2005-01-10 14:47:00.364882224 +0000
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@

 case "$1" in
     abort-install|purge|remove)
- update-mozilla-firefox-chrome
+ if [ -x /usr/sbin/update-mozilla-firefox-chrome ]; then
+ /usr/sbin/update-mozilla-firefox-chrome
+ fi
         ;;
     *)
         ;;
diff -Nru /tmp/YqK9wguHwk/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm /tmp/Rv6sYBhm74/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm
--- /tmp/YqK9wguHwk/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm 2005-01-10 14:45:59.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/Rv6sYBhm74/mozilla-firefox-1.0+dfsg.1/debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm 2005-01-10 14:47:00.364882224 +0000
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@

 case "$1" in
     abort-install|purge|remove)
- update-mozilla-firefox-chrome
+ if [ -x /usr/sbin/update-mozilla-firefox-chrome ]; then
+ /usr/sbin/update-mozilla-firefox-chrome
+ fi
         ;;
     *)
         ;;

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Message-Id: <email address hidden>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:02:48 -0500
From: Eric Dorland <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: Bug#287355: fixed in mozilla-firefox 1.0+dfsg.1-2

Source: mozilla-firefox
Source-Version: 1.0+dfsg.1-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mozilla-firefox, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0+dfsg.1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector_1.0+dfsg.1-2_i386.deb
mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0+dfsg.1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support_1.0+dfsg.1-2_i386.deb
mozilla-firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-2.diff.gz
mozilla-firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-2.dsc
  to pool/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-2.dsc
mozilla-firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/m/mozilla-firefox/mozilla-firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-2_i386.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
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Format: 1.7
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:51:10 -0500
Source: mozilla-firefox
Binary: mozilla-firefox mozilla-firefox-gnome-support mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.0+dfsg.1-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Eric Dorland <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Eric Dorland <email address hidden>
Description:
 mozilla-firefox - lightweight web browser based on Mozilla
 mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector - tool for inspecting the DOM of pages in Mozilla Firefox
 mozilla-firefox-gnome-support - Support for Gnome in Mozilla Firefox
Closes: 287355
Changes:
 mozilla-firefox (1.0+dfsg.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * debian/mozilla-firefox-gnome-support.postrm,
     debian/mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector.postrm: Don't die if
     update-mozilla-firefox-chrome dies. (Closes: #287355)
Files:
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 0e1f2ab17917fd2ec69756b254b0f0a4 79961 web optional mozilla-firefox_1.0+dfsg.1-2.diff.gz
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Fixed in upload of firefox 1.0+dfsg.1-2ubuntu1