package memtest86+ 1.70-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
Bug #129614 reported by
Brian J. Murrell
This bug affects 5 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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memtest86+ (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: memtest86+
fails to install when /boot/grub is present i.e. grub not installed.
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 1 01:01:33 2007
Dependencies:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: memtest86+ 1.70-2ubuntu2
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: memtest86+
Title: package memtest86+ 1.70-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
Uname: Linux pc 2.6.22-7-generic #1 SMP Mon Jun 25 17:33:14 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
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I'm experiencing this bug on an amd64 machine running gutsy: scared@ :~/src/ bzr-webserve/ docs>sudo apt-get install memtest86+ _1.70-2ubuntu2_ amd64.deb) ...
emurphy@
[sudo] password for emurphy:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
hwtools kernel-patch-badram mtools
The following packages will be upgraded:
memtest86+
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 120 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/65.1kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 474534 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace memtest86+ 1.70-2ubuntu1 (using .../memtest86+
Unpacking replacement memtest86+ ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/ apt/archives/ memtest86+ _1.70-2ubuntu2_ amd64.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Searching for GRUB installation directory ...
No GRUB directory found. To create a template run 'mkdir /boot/grub' first. To install grub, install it manually or try the 'grub-install' command. ### Warning, grub-install is used to change your MBR. ###
dpkg: error while cleaning up: apt/archives/ memtest86+ _1.70-2ubuntu2_ amd64.deb
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)