OO update fails

[Jim Byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 02/04/2011 12:33 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> NoOp wrote:
>>> On 02/03/2011 12:04 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>>>> Just let Update Manager apply security updates to Open Office on 2
>>>> machines.  One was successful and one was not.
>>>>
>>>> On the failed machine, it aborts just after trying to unpack
>>>> openoffice.org-core.  I got a popup saying to Use the broken filter.
>>>>
>>>> Synaptic showed the openoffice packages as Broken dependencies.
>>>> Selecting them and doing Edit-->Fix broken packages did not correct the
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> What are my options to fix this now?
>>>
>>> Did you get this resolved?
>>
>> No, thanks for asking.
>>>
>>> What do you show for:
>>> $ apt-cache policy openoffice.org-core
>>>
>>> Try:
>>>
>>> $ sudo apt-get install -f
>>> $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
>>>
>>
>> Output from those 3 commands is 140+ lines.
>>
>> So I put it here:   http://pastebin.com/z1AMdd8V
>
> Thanks. Seem to be quite a few similar:
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org?field.searchtext=&orderby=-datecreated&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&field.assignee=&field.bug_reporter=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package=>
>
> I've had no issues (I asked for the security updates...
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/710430
> originally) sorry.
>
> Can you jump on one of those related bugs&  add your pastebin link/data?
> Perhaps:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/712751
>
>

I added a comment to this one.  Since you gave me the info to recover 
from the error while I was composing the comment I added that info to 
the comment.

Regards,  Jim