package boxbackup-server 0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:

[jmiroballi]

updating 7.10 to 8.04

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 27 04:44:01 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: boxbackup-server 0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: boxbackup
Title: package boxbackup-server 0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic i686

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

From looking at this bug, I have no indication why the postinst failed. could you please provide a typescript of the upgrade session? I need to know why the postinst script actually fails for you

[NilsR (nils.grotnes)]

I have tried installing boxbackup-server (0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3) on a server and a laptop (to see if I could reproduce it on another machinie) and it failed both times during postinst. Here's the output:

"""
Setting up boxbackup-server (0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3) ...
Creating bbstored user.
Adding system user `bbstored' (UID 114) ...
Adding new group `bbstored' (GID 127) ...
Adding new user `bbstored' (UID 114) with group `bbstored' ...
Not creating home directory `/var'.
[: 208: -z: unexpected operator
Creating /backup directory...
Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus
.............................................................................................................................+++
...........+++
e is 65537 (0x10001)
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
-----
Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Locality Name (eg, city) []:Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:Email Address []:
Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:An optional company name []:.
/usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 55: return: .: numeric argument required
dpkg: error processing boxbackup-server (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 boxbackup-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up boxbackup-server (0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3) ...
User bbstored already exists.
[: 208: -z: unexpected operator
"""

(Minus the """, of course...)

It then hangs until I press Ctrl-C

[oger000 (oger000-deactivatedaccount)]

dpkg-reconfigure boxbackup-server
also freezes with the message
[: 208: -z: unexpected operator
until ctrl-c is pressed.

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

confirming this issue for now. I didn't really reproduce it yet, but setting to confirmed to get this bug on my radar.

[[e-mail] (alain-gignac)]

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dskloet
February 20th, 2005, 08:10 AM
Hi,

I interrupted (Ctrl-C) apt-get while it was downloading java1.5 and since then, when I run apt-get it says:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

After I do what it says, apt-get seems to work until I reboot my computer. Then problem returns again. Is there a way to fix this?

thanks,
David
az
February 20th, 2005, 08:18 AM
sudo apt-get -f install
Kujane
February 20th, 2005, 08:33 AM
This is a desperate call for help. Sorry to bug you.....HOW do I post a message on this forum. I am completely new to this. There is no "post new message" or anything like it. I am logged on but this forum tells me nothing.
dskloet
February 20th, 2005, 08:46 AM
sudo apt-get -f install

$ sudo apt-get -f install
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

@Kujane: At the forum-index page of each subforum there is a "New Thread"-link.
madcowsonthewall
July 1st, 2006, 07:12 AM
So,

sudo dpkg --configure -a
foxiness
July 5th, 2006, 10:38 PM
February 20th, 2005

:)
pomegranate
August 27th, 2006, 10:32 AM
Sorry to resurrect and old thread, but I'm having this problem too. I've tried following the method above, but the problem is that when I do so, the process (I'm trying to install the MS core fonts) connects to an incredibly slow server, and the install process gives up on some or all of the packages because they're so slow to download. I eventually kill the process by closing terminal. How can I get rid of this, so that I don't keep getting bugged by it? I'm not bothered about installing the fonts.
Petos
May 28th, 2007, 12:16 AM
try this try sudo dpkg --configure -a && sudo apt-get -f install

i am sure it will work
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[oger000 (oger000-deactivatedaccount)]

The issue that install/update freezes with
[: 208: -z: unexpected operator
until ctrl-c is pressed.

also remains in ubuntu 8.10

I "solved" this by installing boxbackup from upstream which works fine with the installation documentation from there
and I added the linue

exit 0

as second line to /var/lib/dpkg/info/boxbackup-server.postinst
to skip all the ubuntu staff.

I think umaintained package witch are not installable should be removed from the repository.

[Jakob Staerk (jakob-staerk)]

I can confirm that this bug is still present in 8.10, see the output from apt-get install boxbackup-server

jakob@sp13k:~$ sudo apt-get install boxbackup-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  boxbackup-server
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/560kB of archives.
After this operation, 1602kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package boxbackup-server.
(Reading database ... 138608 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking boxbackup-server (from .../boxbackup-server_0.11~rc2-3.1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up boxbackup-server (0.11~rc2-3.1) ...
Creating bbstored user.
Adding system user `bbstored' (UID 113) ...
Adding new group `bbstored' (GID 126) ...
Adding new user `bbstored' (UID 113) with group `bbstored' ...
Not creating home directory `/var'.
[: 208: -z: unexpected operator
Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus
..............................................+++
...................................................................................................................................................................................+++
e is 65537 (0x10001)
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank
For some fields there will be a default value,
If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.
-----
Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Locality Name (eg, city) []:Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:Email Address []:
Please enter the following 'extra' attributes
to be sent with your certificate request
A challenge password []:An optional company name []:.
/usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 55: return: .: numeric argument required
dpkg: error processing boxbackup-server (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 boxbackup-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
jakob@sp13k:~$

[Jakob Staerk (jakob-staerk)]

Update with workaround:

If you run
sudo apt-get install boxbackup-server

And just reply on the two prompts with just pressing the <enter> key and then when the installation is complete run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure boxbackup-server

It actually seams like the package is installed :-)

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

why has this been marked as 'fixreleased'? - reopening.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package boxbackup - 0.11~rc3~r2502-1

---------------
boxbackup (0.11~rc3~r2502-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release, built from svn revision 2502.
    - silently ignores sockets and named pipes (Closes: #479145)
    - syslog facility is now configurable (Closes: #521283)

boxbackup (0.11~rc2+r2072-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. (Closes: #503942)
  * no longer use the upstream tarballs, but create them with the script
    debian/get-orig-source.sh to create the orig.tar.gz. See README.Debian
    for a rationale of this step.
  * Therefore, run autoconf on the buildds.
  * always use config.sub/config.guess from the autotools-dev package
  * Fake a "VERSION.txt" instead of letting the build system try to figure
    out the svn version by itself (which would fail)
  * no longer include patches to the upstream source inline. This doesn't
    work out too well with bzr. Port all patches to quilt instead.
  * factor out distribution independent cleaning rules to a new shell script
    called debian/clean.sh.
  * make debian/NEWS actually parsable by dpkg-parsechangelog. This should
    make apt-parsechangelog work.
  * Update debian specific documentation to new URL: http://boxbackup.org
  * Don't install the files DOCUMENTATION.txt and CONTACT.txt. Both contain
    just (outdated) contact addresses and URLs. (Closes: #503659)
  * add translation for swedish debconf messages. Translation provided by
    Martin Bagge <email address hidden>. (Closes: #513776)
  * adjust configure.ac to only AC_SUBST single variables instead of 3 in
    a row. Fixes FTBFS on sid, found at http://bugs.gentoo.org/205558

boxbackup (0.11~rc2-6) unstable; urgency=low

  * Fix shell scripting in the debconf interaction code of the package's
    postinst script. This should prevent problems like LP: #222999

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