[apparmor] [Bug 706354] Re: dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE missing

[Paolo Poli]

paolo at HPMini:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=11.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oneiric
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 11.10"

paolo at HPMini:~$ uname -a

Linux HPMini 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

paolo at HPMini:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME missing
dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE missing

paolo at HPMini:~$

......... i do not like unity at all (kind of dislike it actually), i
installed the gnome3 shell and also wanted to replace lightdm with gdm
and i got the error above. (ps. if anybody knows an alternative way to
do it instead of using dpkg-reconfigure, send me a pm; i'd appreciate a
lot. :)

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Title:
  dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable
  DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE missing

Status in AppArmor Linux application security framework:
  Invalid
Status in Midori: Webkit Web browser:
  New
Status in “apparmor” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “debconf” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ntp” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  natty i386 updated

  into a terminal, get this output:

  oem at oem-desktop:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure apparmor
  [sudo] password for oem: 
  dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME missing
  dpkg-maintscript-helper: warning: environment variable DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE missing
   * Starting AppArmor profiles

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: dpkg 1.15.8.7ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic-pae 2.6.37
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Jan 22 18:48:00 2011
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=fr_FR.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg

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