update-manager hangs due to landscape-sysinfo symbolic link
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Landscape Client |
Invalid
|
High
|
Christopher Armstrong | ||
Landscape Server |
Invalid
|
High
|
Christopher Armstrong | ||
landscape-client (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned | ||
update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
Attempting a test upgrade from kubuntu hardy kde3 to intrepid. This test was performed in a completely clean fully up to date kubuntu virtual machine in virtualbox, default packages installed only.
This error was reproducible in 3 seperate tests. I tried starting the upgrade by running sudo adept_manager --dist-
The upgrade proceeds as expected to 99% complete then fails on a package called landscape-client. This causes update-manager to hang indefinitely. If I close the update manager by hitting the close button at the top right of the window and reboot the VM then I do actually have a working installation of intrepid. If I open a terminal in intrepid and run sudo dpkg --configure -a then it fails with the following error.
Setting up landscape-client (1.0.18-0ubuntu1) ...
ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/update-
File exists
dpkg: error processing landscape-client (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
landscape-client
Complete update-manager logs are attached. I'm not actually sure if this bug belongs to update manager or is actually a bug in one of the scripts in the landscape-client package.
Changed in landscape-client: | |
assignee: | nobody → radix |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in landscape: | |
assignee: | nobody → radix |
importance: | Undecided → High |
milestone: | none → thames-pre-8 |
Changed in landscape-client: | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in landscape: | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Here is a bit more log around the bug:
Setting up landscape-client (1.0.18-0ubuntu1) ...
debconf: Unable to initialise frontend: Kde
debconf: (--- No method to call for :)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
debconf: Unable to initialise frontend: Dialog
debconf: (Dialogue frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an Emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline
* Running update-motd succeeded.
* Reloading system message bus config...
...done.
landscape-client is not configured, please run landscape-config.
ln: creating symbolic link `/etc/update- motd.d/ 50-landscape- sysinfo' : File exists
dpkg: error processing landscape-client (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1