package update-manager 1:0.81.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmpZysH6E/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Ben]

Binary package hint: update-manager

upgrading to 7.10 failed after it complained about not being able to close my panel

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 19 08:53:26 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmpZysH6E/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.81.3
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.81.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmpZysH6E/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux benoy-Ubuntu 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Fri Aug 31 00:55:27 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bugreport as attachments to your bug report? Thanks in advance.

[Ben (benoya)]

contents of /var/log/dist-upgrade

[Ben (benoya)]

contents of /var/log/dist-upgrade

[Ben (benoya)]

contents of /var/log/dist-upgrade

[Ben (benoya)]

contents of /var/log/dist-upgrade

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is what caused the error:

Setting up firehol (1.231-7ubuntu0.7.10) ...
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/firehol: file does not exist
dpkg: error processing firehol (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Did you remove that file manually or is that a bug in the firehol package?

[Ben (benoya)]

I did not remove anything manually. Possibly a bug in the package.
My system now shows 7.10 when i boot up, even though the upgrade/install
aborted.

So what can i do now? Download and install this package again?

tnx.

Benoy.

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Michael Vogt <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Here is what caused the error:
>
> Setting up firehol (1.231-7ubuntu0.7.10) ...
> update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/firehol: file does not exist
> dpkg: error processing firehol (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> Did you remove that file manually or is that a bug in the firehol
> package?
>
> ** Changed in: firehol (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: update-manager => firehol
> Importance: Undecided => High
>
> --
> package update-manager 1:0.81.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage:
> SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process
> /tmp/tmpZysH6E/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/231914
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[Johnathon (kirrus)]

This appears to be a bug in firehol, however, so far I have not been able to trace it. There are a couple other bugs in the system with the same error message. Excuse me for not searching for them now, I'm currently at work.

You should be able to continue the upgrade if you remove firehol, however, this will leave your system without a firewall.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 196265, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.