[Bug 780678] [NEW] Attempting to upgrade nspluginwrapper via apt-get fails with "error exit status 139" and a Segmentation fault

[jdb2]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nspluginwrapper

Attempting a "sudo apt-get -f" on my system results in the following :

"
jdb2 at aleph0:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libjna-java libqzeitgeist0 junit4 libgnome2-vfs-perl esound-clients g++-4.4 libgnomevfs2-extra javahelp2
  firefox-branding libsexy2 libx264-98 libfelix-framework-java libexempi3 libmatroska2 libdbusmenu-gtk1
  libiptcdata0 libgnome2-canvas-perl libwildmidi0 libfelix-main-java openoffice.org-l10n-common
  libswing-layout-java visualvm libsoundtouch1c2 libgnome2-perl libhamcrest-java libequinox-osgi-java libebml2
  libnb-platform12-java libstdc++6-4.4-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up nspluginwrapper (1.2.2-0ubuntu9) ...
plugin dirs:
Auto-update plugins from /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Looking for plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
Segmentation fault
dpkg: error processing nspluginwrapper (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of acroread:
 acroread depends on nspluginwrapper; however:
  Package nspluginwrapper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing acroread (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nspluginwrapper-dbgsym:
 nspluginwrapper-dbgsym depends on nspluginwrapper (= 1.2.2-0ubuntu9); however:
  Package nspluginwrapper is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing nspluginwrapper-dbgsym (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 nspluginwrapper
 acroread
 nspluginwrapper-dbgsym
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
"

I've traced the problem to a call to the installed nspluginwrapper in
the postinst script, specifically "nspluginwrapper -a -v -u" which
generates the segfault. Debugging output from GDB and catchsegv are
attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nspluginwrapper 1.2.2-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-9.43-generic 2.6.38.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-9-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 10 12:56:21 2011
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nspluginwrapper
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-09 (0 days ago)

** Affects: nspluginwrapper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty nspluginwrapper postinst segfault

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Title:
  Attempting to upgrade nspluginwrapper via apt-get fails with "error
  exit status 139" and a Segmentation fault