[Bug 1241376] Re: procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.1) upgrade error

[costinel]

I don't think procps should return an error when one of the sysctl.d/
files contains incorrect data.

Printing the error would be useful especially if the exact file and
value is mentioned, otherwise saying "oh, we failed" when in fact only
one attribute failed to load is cumbersome.

Just because iscsitarget package upgrade failed to remove it's sysctl.d
config file is not fair to let other packages fail upgrade because of
dependency on procps which did not start but otherwise did NOT affect it
in any way (munin, for example, failed to be configured by apt-get dist-
upgrade because of that)

Don't know if this is the proper place to address this comment to
package authors, so if any of you reading this consider I've written in
the wrong place please direct me to the correct site/link!

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Title:
  procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.1) upgrade error

Status in “procps” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When trying to upgrade procps on ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS I receive some
  errors, the package stays in broken state and cannot be upgraded:

  procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.1) wird eingerichtet ...
  start: Job failed to start
  invoke-rc.d: initscript procps, action "start" failed.
  dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von procps (--configure):
   Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
  Es wurde kein Apport-Bericht verfasst, da das Limit MaxReports bereits erreicht ist
                                                                                     Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
   procps
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  Ein Paket konnte nicht installiert werden. Versuch, dies zu lösen:
  procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.1) wird eingerichtet ...
  start: Job failed to start
  invoke-rc.d: initscript procps, action "start" failed.
  dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von procps (--configure):
   Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
  Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
   procps

  The versions of procps:
    Installiert: 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.1
    Kandidat:    1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.2
    Versionstabelle:
       1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.2 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
   *** 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.1 0
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

  I also ran "cat /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf /etc/sysctl.conf | sudo sysctl -p
  -" without an error.

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