package bzip2-doc 1.0.4-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:

[RedHeron]

Binary package hint: bzip2

Encountered during automated distribution upgrade on AMD64 from Ubuntu 7.1 to 8.04 using the generic kernel. It's only the docs, not a huge deal, unless you need to refer back to them for some reason or another.

Ultimately halted the upgrade process.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 31 22:11:42 2008
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: vmnet vmblock vmmon nvidia
Package: bzip2-doc 1.0.4-2ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: bzip2
Title: package bzip2-doc 1.0.4-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux rherp-devel 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 05:28:27 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[RedHeron (ray-jenson)]

Encountered this from the command line:

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for redheron: ********************************
Setting up bzip2-doc (1.0.4-2ubuntu1) ...
install-info(/usr/share/info/bzip2.info): warning, ignoring confusing INFO-DIR-ENTRY in file.

No `START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY' and no `This file documents'.
install-info(/usr/share/info/bzip2.info): unable to determine description for `dir' entry - giving up
dpkg: error processing bzip2-doc (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bzip2-doc

[John Schofield (jschofield)]

This bug should not be filed against apport-package -- I've run into the same issue, and filed a bug on bzip2-doc: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bzip2/+bug/187961

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

THanks for your bugreport.

It looks like a rebuild is enough to fix this issue. I uploaded a new version that should be good now.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package bzip2 - 1.0.4-2ubuntu3

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bzip2 (1.0.4-2ubuntu3) hardy; urgency=low

  * rebuild to regenerate bzip2.info (LP: #187946)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:30:36 +0100