NFS mounted recording path causes postinst to fail

[RobertFullarton]

Binary package hint: update-manager

update-manager tries to change the permissions of a nfs shared drive and it can't so it booms out.

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)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.35
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.35 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

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The cause of the failure is
=====
Setting up mythtv-backend (0.21.0+fixes17120-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2) ...
udev active, devices will be created in /dev/.static/dev/
chown: changing ownership of `/var/lib/mythtv/recordings': Operation not permitted
dpkg: error processing mythtv-backend (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
=====

Affecting to mythtv

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Is your /var/lib/mythtv/recordings directory mounted on NFS by chance?

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:11, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thanks for your report.
>
> The cause of the failure is
> =====
> Setting up mythtv-backend (0.21.0+fixes17120-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2) ...
> udev active, devices will be created in /dev/.static/dev/
> chown: changing ownership of `/var/lib/mythtv/recordings': Operation not
> permitted
> dpkg: error processing mythtv-backend (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> =====
>
> Affecting to mythtv
>
> ** Changed in: mythtv (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: update-manager => mythtv
>
> --
> package update-manager booms when setting up mythtv-backend
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299352
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of MythTV
> Ubuntu Maintainers, which is subscribed to mythtv in ubuntu.
>

--
Mario Limonciello
<email address hidden>

[RobertFullarton (robert-fullartons)]

Yes , its mounted nfs. This error was on my slave backend machine. If I stop
mythbackend and manually umount the nfs share , I don't get any errors when
I update.
Rob

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Mario Limonciello <email address hidden>wrote:

> Is your /var/lib/mythtv/recordings directory mounted on NFS by chance?
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 02:11, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your report.
> >
> > The cause of the failure is
> > =====
> > Setting up mythtv-backend (0.21.0+fixes17120-0ubuntu0+mythbuntu2) ...
> > udev active, devices will be created in /dev/.static/dev/
> > chown: changing ownership of `/var/lib/mythtv/recordings': Operation not
> > permitted
> > dpkg: error processing mythtv-backend (--configure):
> > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> > =====
> >
> > Affecting to mythtv
> >
> > ** Changed in: mythtv (Ubuntu)
> > Sourcepackagename: update-manager => mythtv
> >
> > --
> > package update-manager booms when setting up mythtv-backend
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299352
> > You received this bug notification because you are a member of MythTV
> > Ubuntu Maintainers, which is subscribed to mythtv in ubuntu.
> >
>
>
> --
> Mario Limonciello
> <email address hidden>
>
> --
> package update-manager booms when setting up mythtv-backend
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299352
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "mythtv" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> update-manager tries to change the permissions of a nfs shared drive and it
> can't so it booms out.
>
> 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)
>
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: update-manager 1:0.93.35
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: update-manager
> Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.35 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
>

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

bzr #176

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mythtv - 0.21.0+fixes19136-0ubuntu3

---------------
mythtv (0.21.0+fixes19136-0ubuntu3) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Michael Haas ]
  * Drop debian/patches/28_fix_v4l.dpatch because upstream
    fixed this properly in r19250.

  [ Mario Limonciello ]
  * debian/mythtv-database.postinst:
    - Don't reset the backend IPs unless you
      are loading a database
    - Pre-set mythbuntu theme. If mythbuntu theme isn't
      around, G.A.N.T. gets loaded instead, so no expected
      regresssions.
  * debian/mythtv-database.config:
    - Try to get answer from mysql-server config if possible
      this avoids asking admin pass question twice.
    - Check if mysql binary is around before repeatedly
      asking questions.
   - Check if localhost that mysqld is running. If it's
      not, then don't keep asking questions.
    - Pass on failed answer to postinst (don't reset)
  * debian/mythtv-common.config:
    - Display the password that is set, not just "value set"
  * debian/mythtv-common.postinst:
    - Only create a user if it doesn't already exist. (LP: #280974)
  * debian/rules:
    - Unset executable permissions on .sh and .d files in clean
      section. (LP: #311573)
    - Don't restart mythtv-backend on upgrade of packages.
      Unexpected behavior might happen depending on what other packages
      are installed at that time and what will still be installed.
      The common use case for a problem here is dist-upgrades.
      (LP: #298914)
  * Store .sh and .d files as non executable in bzr to better reflect
    flat packaging as seen in the archive.
  * debian/patches/24_fix_h264_frame_counting.dpatch:
    - Remove .orig file from the patch as it's unnecessary (LP: #311549)
  * debian/mythtv-backend.postinst:
    - If we are mounted on NFS, changing permissions will fail. Don't
      fail the postinst in this case. (LP: #299352)

  [ TJ ]
  * debian/rules:
    - Cleanup files that upstream is forgetting to clean between builds.
      (LP: #311552)

 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:28:58 -0600