[Bug 293040] [NEW] package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Binary package hint: update-manager

I was using the system update manager to upgrade from 7.10 to 8.04.  At
the end, it said update manager had failed to install or upgrade and
would I like to report it.  I said okay.

1) I can't tell you much more than that, as since the system is mostly
updated now, lsb_release -rd says:

Description:    Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release:        8.04

but since I'm running 7.10 and have never booted the 8.04 system with
the upgrades in place, I don't think that's correct information.

I can't scroll back and report errors from the update manager window
which had the Terminal area open, since it seems to have locked up, and
the error windows that popped up over the top of it wiped out the text
that was there.  All I can say is that there was a string of
GTK_CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion but the rest of the
pixels in the pane have been wiped out by panels that popped up.

2) Taking a guess that the package name matches the bug error report
subject line I can tell you:

update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.87.30
  Candidate: 1:0.87.30
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.87.30 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:0.87.24 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

But since that's the package it said it couldn't install, again I don't
know if you can trust that information.

3) What I expected to happen was that the update manager window would
close and ask me to allow it to reboot.

4) Instead it reported the above error and asked me to report it.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov  3 22:17:46 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.87.30
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-15-generic i686

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


** Tags: apport-package
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package update-manager 1:0.87.30 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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