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package libc-bin 2.19-13ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

Bug #1416739 reported by howefield on 2015-01-31

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnome-icon-theme (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: libc-bin 2.19-13ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-11.12-generic 3.18.3
Uname: Linux 3.18.0-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.15.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jan 31 21:05:56 2015
Dependencies:
gcc-5-base 5-20150128-0ubuntu1
libc6 2.19-13ubuntu3
libcap2 1:2.24-6
libgcc1 1:5-20150128-0ubuntu1
multiarch-support 2.19-13ubuntu3
DuplicateSignature: package:libc-bin:2.19-13ubuntu3:triggers looping, abandoned
ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-27 (35 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20141224)
SourcePackage: glibc
Title: package libc-bin 2.19-13ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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howefield (howefield) wrote on 2015-01-31:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (9.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (504 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (126.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (47.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (41.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2015-01-31

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-01-31:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in glibc (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2015-02-02

Changed in glibc (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

Adam Conrad (adconrad) on 2015-03-14

affects:

glibc (Ubuntu) → gnome-icon-theme (Ubuntu)

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2015-03-20:

dpkg trigger cycle detection was an experimental feature in Debian, and subsequently Ubuntu, was has now been removed from dpkg. Therefore, this bug report is no longer valid and I'm marking it as such.

If you are interested in more information about this issue you could look at:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776910#42