[intrepid] package guidance-power-manager 4:4.0.83-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Charles Keller]

Binary package hint: guidance-power-manager

I am using Alpha 1 of intrepid, with regular updates. Upon running apt-get dist-upgrade, the upgrade process crashed while trying to install the package guidance-power-manager. I have included the messages following my execution of apt-get dist-upgrade.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  gwenview
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Setting up guidance-backends (0.8.0svn20080103-0ubuntu19) ...
Usage: update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package_directory [...]
       update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package.dirs [...]
       update-python-modules [-v] [-a|-f|-p]

update-python-modules: error: Trying to overwrite xf86misc.py which is already provided by /usr/share/python-support/guidance-power-manager
dpkg: error processing guidance-backends (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up guidance-power-manager (4:4.0.83-0ubuntu2) ...
Usage: update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package_directory [...]
       update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package.dirs [...]
       update-python-modules [-v] [-a|-f|-p]

update-python-modules: error: Trying to overwrite xf86misc.py which is already provided by /usr/share/python-support/guidance-backends
dpkg: error processing guidance-power-manager (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-guidance:
 kde-guidance depends on guidance-backends; however:
  Package guidance-backends is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kde-guidance (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-guidance-powermanager:
 kde-guidance-powermanager depends on guidance-power-manager; however:
  Package guidance-power-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kde-guidance-powermanager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 guidance-backends
 guidance-power-manager
 kde-guidance
 kde-guidance-powermanager
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 3 19:23:28 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: guidance-power-manager 4:4.0.83-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: guidance-power-manager
Title: package guidance-power-manager 4:4.0.83-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.26-2-generic i686

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

xf86misc.py is a display related file. The power-manager should not ship it.

[Steve Stalcup (vorian)]

here's what I was able to recreate

Usage: update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package_directory [...]
       update-python-modules [-v] [-c] package.dirs [...]
       update-python-modules [-v] [-a|-f|-p]

update-python-modules: error: Trying to overwrite xf86misc.py which is already provided by /usr/share/python-support/guidance-backends
dpkg: error processing guidance-power-manager (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-guidance-powermanager:
 kde-guidance-powermanager depends on guidance-power-manager; however:
  Package guidance-power-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kde-guidance-powermanager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 guidance-power-manager

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package guidance-power-manager - 4:4.0.83-0ubuntu3

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guidance-power-manager (4:4.0.83-0ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Add debian/patches/kubuntu01-no-ixf86misc.patch to remove ixf86misc
    files from modules/CMakeLists.txt (LP: #245339)
    - ixf86misc is supplied by guidance-backends and is part of Guidance's
      display functionality and not power management
  * Add debian/patches/kubuntu02-klocalize-crash.patch to remove unimplemented
    call to python-kde4 (LP: #244830)
  * Drop ixf86misc related build-deps and depends:
    - libxxf86vm-dev, x11proto-scrnsaver-dev, libxrandr-dev, libxss-dev
    - ${shlibs:Depends} (package is pure Python now)
  * Change guidance-power-manager from arch any to arch all
  * Drop unused build-dep on quilt and remove /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/quilt.mk
    from debian/cdbs/kde.mk
  * Add simple-patchsys.mk to debian/rules

 -- Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:13:42 -0400