package wine-stable 1.8.5-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

[Ken McLennan]

Couldn't run winecfg due to having i386 library on a AMD64 system. Tried to uninstall wine completely via Synaptic but got this error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: wine-stable 1.8.5-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-32.34-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 24 20:16:59 2016
ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-05 (109 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.3
SourcePackage: wine
Title: package wine-stable 1.8.5-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-14 (71 days ago)

[jre (jre-phoenix)]

Hi,

thanks for reporting this. I can reproduce this if I switch from wine-stable + wine32 to wine-stable + wine64. I'll (try to) fix that soon.

However the original reason that prompted you to do this ("Couldn't run winecfg due to having i386 library on a AMD64 system") seems to be a misunderstanding:
Running wine-stable + wine32 is perfectly fine, and should work (if you want to run only 32-bit Windows applications this might even be the safer bet). So what exactly happened when you wanted to run winecfg?

If you have problems now to (un-)install packages due to this bug, just remove wine-stable and wine64. This should bring your system back in a perfectly fine state.

[jre (jre-phoenix)]

For the avoidance of doubt:

Most/many Windows applications are 32-bit. You do need wine32 installed for them. wine64 is of no help here.

But also for 64-bit Windows applications you normally need wine32 installed (next to wine64) because some required Windows/Wine subsystems are 32-bit only.

[Ken McLennan (ken054)]

Thanks for the swift response.

I fixed it by removing all wine stuff, fixed a broken package with Synaptic in there somewhere, removed ~/.wine and reinstalled following the instructions on the Wine website. Had to load a few extras but it was part of the automated process & all is now good. All of this to run PocketD - a DOS program. I don't need it but I hope to try to build something similar with Python just because. Seems like a reasonable way to learn the language 🤓

Thanks for your reply, Merry Christmas

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

-------- Original message --------
From: jre <email address hidden>
Date: 25/12/2016 10:01 (GMT+10:00)
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 1652434] Re: package wine-stable 1.8.5-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

Hi,

thanks for reporting this. I can reproduce this if I switch from wine-
stable + wine32 to wine-stable + wine64. I'll (try to) fix that soon.

However the original reason that prompted you to do this ("Couldn't run winecfg due to having i386 library on a AMD64 system") seems to be a misunderstanding:
Running wine-stable + wine32 is perfectly fine, and should work (if you want to run only 32-bit Windows applications this might even be the safer bet). So what exactly happened when you wanted to run winecfg?

If you have problems now to (un-)install packages due to this bug, just
remove wine-stable and wine64. This should bring your system back in a
perfectly fine state.

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  package wine-stable 1.8.5-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers
  looping, abandoned

Status in wine package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Couldn't run winecfg due to having i386 library on a AMD64 system.
  Tried to uninstall wine completely via Synaptic but got this error.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: wine-stable 1.8.5-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-32.34-generic 4.8.11
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Dec 24 20:16:59 2016
  ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-05 (109 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
   apt 1.3.3
  SourcePackage: wine
  Title: package wine-stable 1.8.5-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-14 (71 days ago)

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[jre (jre-phoenix)]

Fixed in Debian wine-development 2.0~rc3-1.

https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-wine/wine.git

commit 42e61c075087097c525d80b2a983dd2e68760337
Author: Jens Reyer <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Dec 27 20:55:54 2016 +0100

    Change trigger interest to noawait.

    LP: 1652434

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8ab6743652..9b100bf66e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ wine-development (2.0~rc3-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release 2.0-rc3, released Dec 23, 2016.
     - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.
   * Clean the generated test ttf files.
+ * Change trigger interest to noawait (LP: 1652434).

  -- Jens Reyer <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:02:51 +0100

diff --git a/debian/wineVERSION.triggers b/debian/wineVERSION.triggers
index 43dad79f8e..62f0a1752b 100644
--- a/debian/wineVERSION.triggers
+++ b/debian/wineVERSION.triggers
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # update the wine alternatives in "wineVERSION.postinst triggered"

 # explicit trigger
-interest wineVERSION
+interest-noawait wineVERSION

 # indicates package wine64 installation status changed
-interest /usr/bin/wine64DEBSUFFIX
+interest-noawait /usr/bin/wine64DEBSUFFIX

 # indicates package wine{32|64}-tools installation status changed
-interest /usr/bin/winegccDEBSUFFIX
+interest-noawait /usr/bin/winegccDEBSUFFIX

[jre (jre-phoenix)]

This bug was fixed in the package wine - 1.8.6-3ubuntu1

---------------
wine (1.8.6-3ubuntu1) zesty; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian (LP: #1571816). Remaining changes:
    - Use unversioned sonames in debian/scripts/sonames2elf
      so that dpkg-shlibdeps can find libGL.so in Ubuntu (closes: #827770).
    - Rename package wine to wine-stable. Needed for the transition to a
      0-epoch in the version number.
      Necessary until after the transition is complete (18.04).

wine (1.8.6-3) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix AppStream metainfo file (closes: #848839).

wine (1.8.6-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Jens Reyer ]
  * Cherrypick changes from master:
    - Reorganize patches and add some metadata.
    - Drop shlib-exit-calls.patch.
    - Drop openal.patch, fixed upstream.
    - Simplify the foreign-arch test in the wine script.
    - Let wine suggest winbind.
    - Change trigger interest to noawait (LP: 1652434).
    - Documentation updates.
    - Blacklist some extensions for native file type association
      (closes: #845334).
  * Sort packages in debian/control.in.
  * Drop obsolete entries from d/clean.
  * Check for invalid WINEARCH values (closes: #838474).
  * Generate and install wine.svg icon.
  * Add initial AppStream metainfo file (closes: #848839).

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:43:02 -0500