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python2.4-minimal fails on removal ; chillispot upgrade fails to upgrade

Bug #225927 reported by sbibayoff
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chillispot (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Hardy
Invalid
Undecided
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Intrepid
Invalid
Undecided
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python-central (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
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Hardy
Fix Released
High
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Intrepid
Fix Released
High
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
$ apt-cache policy update-manager
update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.87.24
  Candidate: 1:0.87.24
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.87.24 0
        500 http://mirrors.kernel.org hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

appears to be same error reported by me from bug #225913 . Don't know why this crash error keeps coming up. It comes up right after it tries to report a nautlus crash(which fails)
Attached are the dist-upgrade logs

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri May 2 13:21:47 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.87.24
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.24 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

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sbibayoff (bibayoff) wrote :
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :
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Here is the package that causes the error:

...
Setting up chillispot (1.0-8) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/chillispot ...
Hangup
dpkg: error processing chillispot (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 129
...

Removing python2.4-minimal ...
Unlinking and removing bytecode for runtime python2.4
    python-bittorrent: >= 2.3 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-pkg-resources: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-4suite-xml: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-ctypes: 2.4 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    apturl: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    language-selector: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    jockey-common: 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-wxgtk2.6: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-wxgtk2.8: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-software-properties: >= 2.4 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-launchpad-integration: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    gnome-app-install: 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-apport: 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-sip4: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    gdebi-core: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    hwdb-client-common: all (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    update-manager-core: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-gmenu: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-cairo: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    alacarte: >= 2.4 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    hwtest: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    qemulator: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-wxversion: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-serial: all (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    deskbar-applet: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-problem-report: 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    serpentine: >= 2.4 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    launchpad-integration: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-gst0.10: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    gdebi: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-crypto: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-qt4-common: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-pyatspi: all (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-launchpad-bugs: >= 2.4 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-qt4: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-virtkey: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-imaging: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-pygame: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-apt: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    onboard: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    language-selector-common: current (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    mirage: 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-setuptools: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-opengl: all (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    update-manager: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-uno: 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'installed'])
    python-apsw: 2.4, 2.5 (['install', 'ok', 'instal...

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

Milestoning the python-central error as it may break upgrades

Changed in python-central:
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.04.1
Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in python-central:
importance: Undecided → High
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

I had tentatively targeted this to hardy due to the milestone, but on closer inspection it's evident that the problem here is that python-setuptools is installed, but has no .list file - so the dpkg database is in an inconsistent state at the time the python2.4-minimal removal is run. It may be beneficial to improve python-central's handling of this case in the long-term, but I don't think an SRU is warranted here since any change would be a workaround for a very uncommon bug.

Changed in python-central:
status: New → Won't Fix
Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in python-central:
milestone: ubuntu-8.04.1 → none
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

> would be a workaround for a very uncommon bug.

I disagree. this upgrade error happes a lot more often; the reason being that the package already is removed, but the status file is not yet written.

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

fixed in intrepid

Changed in python-central:
status: New → Fix Released
status: Won't Fix → Confirmed
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

not a bug in chillispot

Changed in chillispot:
status: New → Invalid
status: New → Invalid
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted into -proposed, please test and give feedback here

Changed in python-central:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

I don't see a TEST CASE in the bug description and I am uncertain how to recreate the bug or test the fix.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Reproducing this bug depends on a precise ordering of dpkg operations during upgrade; as such, there is no straightforward test case for this issue.

I'm going ahead with copying this to -updates on the basis that the fix is visually correct and no regressions have been reported with the new version.

Changed in python-central:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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