[Bug 934112] Re: dpkg aborts

[Michal Suchanek]

2012/2/17 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>:
> You fixed the problem a bit too quickly... now tell me how can I
> reproduce it?

Setting up dpkg (1.16.0.3ubuntu5) ...

# aptitude reinstall wine1.4{,-i386,-amd64} wine1.3
The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
  wine1.3 wine1.4 wine1.4-amd64
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 reinstalled, 0 to remove and
0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/22.1 MB of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 248413 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace wine1.4 1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2 (using
.../wine1.4_1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement wine1.4 ...
Preparing to replace wine1.4-amd64 1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2 (using
.../wine1.4-amd64_1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement wine1.4-amd64 ...
Preparing to replace wine1.3 1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2 (using
.../wine1.3_1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement wine1.3 ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:229: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <=
4' failed.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:229: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <=
4' failed.
Aborted

>
> You should have made a backup of all the important files in
> /var/lib/dpkg/ (at least status, possibly the content of the updates
> directory too, if not empty) when you were encountering the problem.
>

Now this is somewhat redudndant chasing a bug fixed in newer dpkg
already.

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Title:
  dpkg aborts

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Oneiric dpkg aborts.

  Since Precise dpkg does not I guess the simplest fix is to just import
  the new version

  Setting up libx11-doc (2:1.4.99.1-0ubuntu1) ...
  dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:229: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
  A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
  Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
  ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:229: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
  Aborted
  Press return to continue.
  ^C
  root at iscsi:~# dpkg --pending --configure
  dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:229: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
  Aborted
  root at iscsi:~# aptitude install -t precise dpkg                                                                                              
  The following packages will be upgraded: 
    dpkg 
  The following partially installed packages will be configured:
    wine1.3 wine1.4 wine1.4-amd64 wine1.4-i386 
  1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1354 not upgraded.
  Need to get 1,829 kB of archives. After unpacking 534 kB will be freed.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] 
  Get: 1 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main dpkg amd64 1.16.1.2ubuntu5 [1,829 kB]
  Fetched 1,829 kB in 3s (494 kB/s)
  (Reading database ... 248413 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu5 (using .../dpkg_1.16.1.2ubuntu5_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement dpkg ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Setting up dpkg (1.16.1.2ubuntu5) ...
  Setting up wine1.4 (1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2) ...
  procps stop/waiting
  Setting up wine1.4-amd64 (1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2) ...
  Setting up wine1.3 (1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2) ...
  Setting up wine1.4-i386:i386 (1.4~rc2-0ubuntu2) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
  ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: dpkg 1.16.1.2ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-server 3.0.13
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-server x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb 17 12:07:04 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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