[Bug 583698] [NEW] hardy-proposed (2.2.8-1ubuntu0.16) uninstallable

[Thorsten Glaser]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: apache2

Setting up apache2.2-common (2.2.8-1ubuntu0.16) ...
chmod: invalid mode: `root'
Try `chmod --help' for more information.
dpkg: error processing apache2.2-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apache2-mpm-prefork:
 apache2-mpm-prefork depends on apache2.2-common (= 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.16); however:
  Package apache2.2-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apache2-mpm-prefork (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apache2:
 apache2 depends on apache2-mpm-worker (>= 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.16) | apache2-mpm-prefork (>= 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.16) | apache2-mpm-event (>= 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.16); however:
  Package apache2-mpm-worker is not installed.
  Package apache2-mpm-prefork is not configured yet.
  Package apache2-mpm-event is not installed.
dpkg: error processing apache2 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured


The problem lies here:

if [ -e /usr/sbin/apache2 ]; then
    if [ "`dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/sbin/apache2`" = "" ]; then
        chmod +x /usr/sbin/apache2
    else
        chmod `dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/sbin/apache2 | cut -f 3` /usr/sbin/apache2
    fi
fi

$ dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/sbin/apache2
root root 644 /usr/sbin/apache2
$ dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/sbin/apache2 | cut -f 3                                    
root root 644 /usr/sbin/apache2


With “set -x” added to /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache2.2-common.postinst:

Setting up apache2.2-common (2.2.8-1ubuntu0.16) ...
+ [ configure != configure ]
+ NETSTAT=netstat
+ [ -e /usr/sbin/apache2 ]
+ dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/sbin/apache2
+ [ root root 644 /usr/sbin/apache2 =  ]
+ dpkg-statoverride --list /usr/sbin/apache2
+ cut -f 3
+ chmod root root 644 /usr/sbin/apache2 /usr/sbin/apache2
chmod: invalid mode: `root'
[…]

** Affects: apache2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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hardy-proposed (2.2.8-1ubuntu0.16) uninstallable
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/583698
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