openoffice.org-gcj dpkg error - snippet out of date

[Liz Young]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org-gcj

1) Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

2) apt-cache policy openoffice.org-gcj
openoffice.org-gcj:
  Installed: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.4.0-3ubuntu6 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

3) Expected the updates to openoffice.org to apply without errors.

4) Instead this error occurred on the openoffice.org-gcj package:
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_1%3a2.4.1-1ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_1%3a2.4.1-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

The package database is now in an inconsistent state and nothing will install/reinstall/remove.

# dpkg --status openoffice.org-gcj
Package: openoffice.org-gcj
Status: install reinstreq half-installed

# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
6 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/2210kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 189772 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace openoffice.org-gcj 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2 (using .../openoffice.org-gcj_1%3a2.4.1-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement openoffice.org-gcj ...
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_1%3a2.4.1-1ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/openoffice.org-gcj_1%3a2.4.1-1ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up bsh-gcj (2.0b4-7ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing bsh-gcj (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up libhsqldb-java-gcj (1.8.0.9-2) ...
dpkg: error processing libhsqldb-java-gcj (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Setting up libjaxp1.3-java-gcj (1.3.04-2) ...
dpkg: error processing libjaxp1.3-java-gcj (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxerces2-java-gcj:
 libxerces2-java-gcj depends on libjaxp1.3-java-gcj; however:
  Package libjaxp1.3-java-gcj is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxerces2-java-gcj (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxalan2-java-gcj:
 libxalan2-java-gcj depends on libjaxp1.3-java-gcj; however:
  Package libjaxp1.3-java-gcj is not configured yet.
 libxalan2-java-gcj depends on libxerces2-java-gcj; however:
  Package libxerces2-java-gcj is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libxalan2-java-gcj (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bsh-gcj
 libhsqldb-java-gcj
 libjaxp1.3-java-gcj
 libxerces2-java-gcj
 libxalan2-java-gcj

[Liz Young (liz)]

Workaround for this packaging bug:
Rename /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db; reinstall openoffice.org-gcj; purge openoffice.org-gcj.
Clue found in bug #64395
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/64395/comments/11

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

This looks like bug 64395 but that was closed as fixed, the problem with the generated snippet that Tollef mentioned still appears to be occurring even in Jaunty.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

it is fixed:

if [ -x "/usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db" ]; then
        /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db || true
fi

how does the openoffice.org-gcj postrm look like?

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

It has this in it:

if [ -x /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db ]; then
     /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db
fi

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Doh, this is hardcoded into the postrm.in :(

No cookie for me.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package openoffice.org - 1:3.0.1-4ubuntu1

---------------
openoffice.org (1:3.0.1-4ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Resynchronise with Debian (r1417). Remaining changes:
    - Add Launchpad integration support.
    - Add Launchpad translations support.
    - Add package openoffice.org-style-human.
    - Add some Ubuntu-specific bitmaps. Adjust broffice diversions for these.
    - Add support for compressing debs with lzma.
    - Add support for shared /usr/share/doc directories.
    - Add support to build l10n as a separate source.
    - Add support to build on lpia.
    - Add support to turn off building on sparc.
    - Add Xb-Npp-xxx tags according to "firefox distro add-on suport" spec.
    - Set startcenter.desktop to not display in the menu.
    - Use imagemagick instead of graphicsmagick.
    - openoffice.org-help switch to internal copy of lucene.
    - Add support for DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS noopt. LP: #252226
    - Change name of desktop files to openoffice.org-(app).desktop. LP: #331768
    - Update rebuild-gcj-db snippet. Closes LP: #299229
    - Update splash screen.
  * Resynchronise with ooo-build-3-0-1 (r15493).
    - Fedora fix for OpenOffice.org crash when fontconfig sees new fonts.
    - javaldx error message now tells user to install openoffice.org-java-common
      and remove the javasettings_Linux_*.xml file. LP: #249352

 -- Chris Cheney <email address hidden> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:00:00 -0600