Ubuntu
python-imaging package

package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Bug #297618 reported by heni on 2008-11-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #291262: MASTER - package failed to install/upgrade: pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	python-imaging (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Bug during running "update-manager -d"

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Package: update-manager 1:0.93.34
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

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heni (eugene-krokhalev) wrote on 2008-11-13:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (34.3 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2008-11-13:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade to this bug report?

This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem.

Changed in update-manager:
status:	New → Incomplete

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heni (eugene-krokhalev) wrote on 2008-11-13:

dist-upgrade.tar.bz2 Edit (149.7 KiB, application/octet-stream)

see attachment...

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2008-11-13:

Thank you for your feedback.

The cause of the failure is
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Setting up python-imaging (1.1.6-3) ...

pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files

pycentral pkginstall: not overwriting local files

dpkg: error processing python-imaging (--configure):

subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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It has already been reported in bug 291262 , 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.