[Bug 1195955] Re: Setting up upstart (1.8-0ubuntu1.1) ... dpkg: error: unknown option --compare-version

[Nick Semenkovich]

Works great -- thanks!


semenko at exon:~$ apt-cache policy upstart
upstart:
  Installed: 1.8-0ubuntu1.2

** Tags removed: verification-needed
** Tags added: verification-done

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1195955

Title:
  Setting up upstart (1.8-0ubuntu1.1) ... dpkg: error: unknown option
  --compare-version

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “upstart” source package in Raring:
  Fix Committed
Status in “upstart” source package in Saucy:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  The upstart package has a wrong version check in the postinst.  This won't cause upgrade failures, but it will cause wrong handling for one of the upgrade cases, resulting in upstart not being restarted on upgrade when it can be.

  [Test case]
  1. upgrade package from raring to the new one in raring-proposed
  2. verify that there are no warning messages about wrong dpkg syntax in the upgrade log.

  [Regression potential]
  Minimal, correcting a syntax bug in the postinst specific to the SRU that has otherwise been approved.

  == Original Report ==

  Updating Ubuntu 13.04:

  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages will be upgraded:
     apport (2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 => 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2)
     python-boto (2.3.0-1 => 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.13.04.1)
     python3-apport (2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 => 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2)
     python3-problem-report (2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 => 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2)
     upstart (1.8-0ubuntu1 => 1.8-0ubuntu1.1)
  5 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 1,190 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 178 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
  Get:1 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/main upstart amd64 1.8-0ubuntu1.1 [515 kB]
  Get:2 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/main python3-problem-report all 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2 [9,412 B]
  Get:3 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/main python3-apport all 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2 [90.0 kB]
  Get:4 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/main apport all 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2 [177 kB]
  Get:5 http://mirrors.mit.edu/ubuntu/ raring-proposed/main python-boto all 2.3.0-1ubuntu0.13.04.1 [398 kB]
  Fetched 1,190 kB in 1s (973 kB/s)
  (Reading database ... 303022 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace upstart 1.8-0ubuntu1 (using .../upstart_1.8-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement upstart ...
  Preparing to replace python3-problem-report 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 (using .../python3-problem-report_2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement python3-problem-report ...
  Preparing to replace python3-apport 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 (using .../python3-apport_2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement python3-apport ...
  Preparing to replace apport 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1 (using .../apport_2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2_all.deb) ...
  apport stop/waiting
  Unpacking replacement apport ...
  Preparing to replace python-boto 2.3.0-1 (using .../python-boto_2.3.0-1ubuntu0.13.04.1_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement python-boto ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
  Processing triggers for man-db ...
  Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
  Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
  Setting up upstart (1.8-0ubuntu1.1) ...
  dpkg: error: unknown option --compare-version

  Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
  Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
  Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
  Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
  Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

  Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
  Setting up python3-problem-report (2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2) ...
  Setting up python3-apport (2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2) ...
  Setting up apport (2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2) ...
  Installing new version of config file /etc/init/apport.conf ...
  apport start/running
  Setting up python-boto (2.3.0-1ubuntu0.13.04.1) ...
  Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
  $

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: upstart 1.8-0ubuntu1.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun 28 23:31:19 2013
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-25-generic root=/dev/mapper/rootfs--ssd--hybrid-os ro text
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-26 (153 days ago)
  UpstartBugCategory: System

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1195955/+subscriptions