package hyperspec 1.32 failed to install/upgrade: installed hyperspec package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1805992 reported by Robert Pearson
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Ubuntu MATE
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hyperspec (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

robert@A88XM-A:~$ sudo apt-get install cl-launch hyperspec sbcl-doc sbcl-source slime
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
sbcl-doc is already the newest version (2:1.4.10-1).
sbcl-source is already the newest version (2:1.4.10-1).
slime is already the newest version (2:2.20+dfsg-2).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  app-install-data gimp-data gimp-help-common gimp-help-en libamd2
  libbabl-0.1-0 libcamd2 libccolamd2 libcholmod3 libde265-0 libgegl-0.4-0
  libgegl-common libgimp2.0 libheif1 libmetis5 libtiff-tools libumfpack5
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cl-launch hyperspec
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 58.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 228 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 cl-launch all 4.1.4-1 [49.9 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/multiverse amd64 hyperspec all 1.32 [8,528 B]
Fetched 58.4 kB in 0s (188 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package cl-launch.
(Reading database ... 309594 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../cl-launch_4.1.4-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking cl-launch (4.1.4-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package hyperspec.
Preparing to unpack .../hyperspec_1.32_all.deb ...
Unpacking hyperspec (1.32) ...
Setting up hyperspec (1.32) ...
No or old version of the hyperspec found. Getting newer version
Downloading the hyperspec from the Internet
--2018-11-30 03:10:28-- ftp://ftp.lispworks.com/pub/software_tools/reference/HyperSpec-7-0.tar.gz
           => ‘/root/tmp/HyperSpec-7-0.tar.gz’
Resolving ftp.lispworks.com (ftp.lispworks.com)... 92.243.11.64
Connecting to ftp.lispworks.com (ftp.lispworks.com)|92.243.11.64|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /pub/software_tools/reference ... done.
==> SIZE HyperSpec-7-0.tar.gz ... 2032830
==> PASV ... couldn't connect to 92.243.11.64 port 65164: No route to host
Unable to download and can't ask whether to try again.
dpkg: error processing package hyperspec (--configure):
 installed hyperspec package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.8) ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file...
Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/hyperspec', line 13: all `Format' sections are invalid.
Note: `install-docs --verbose --check file_name' may give more details about the above error.
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.4-2) ...
Setting up cl-launch (4.1.4-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 hyperspec
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: hyperspec 1.32
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-11.12-generic 4.18.12
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
AptOrdering:
 cl-launch:amd64: Install
 hyperspec:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 30 03:10:30 2018
ErrorMessage: installed hyperspec package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-30 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.10
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15+, python-minimal, 2.7.15-3
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu5
 apt 1.7.0
SourcePackage: hyperspec
Title: package hyperspec 1.32 failed to install/upgrade: installed hyperspec package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Robert Pearson (rpearsonii) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Robert Pearson (rpearsonii) wrote :

So since this was reported before no action should be taken to fix the bug? !!!!

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Robert Pearson (rpearsonii) wrote :

The "bug" is because the hyperspec package includes an invalid URL. Fix the package by correcting the URL and the "bug" is fixed.

Norbert (nrbrtx)
Changed in ubuntu-mate:
status: New → Invalid
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in hyperspec (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: removed: cosmic
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