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package man-db 2.7.0.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

Bug #1422425 reported by q0022 on 2015-02-16

This bug affects 9 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	man-db (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

upgrade from 14.10 to 15.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: man-db 2.7.0.2-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-26.35-generic 3.16.7-ckt1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 16 23:34:53 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:man-db:2.7.0.2-2:triggers looping, abandoned
ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-09 (69 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.7.0.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-02-16 (0 days ago)

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q0022 (q0022) wrote on 2015-02-16:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (65.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (577 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (161.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (73.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (791 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote on 2015-02-17: Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

information type:

Private Security → Public

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2015-02-17

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-02-24:

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

Changed in man-db (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2015-02-25

Changed in man-db (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

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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