dpkg seg fault updating updater

[Graham Bosworth]

Binary package hint: update-manager

dpkg seg fault updating updater

This may be a duplicate. Unfortunately I did not keep a copy of the terminal window output, and do not know in which log to look ("/var/log/apt/term.log" contains no mention of today; "/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log" is a little better - see below. There had been reports mentioning "clamav" and "libc6" at around the same time.

This was the report in "/var/log/mesages":
May 31 09:53:35 gnumatic kernel: [2851830.826698] dpkg[6157]: segfault at 00080014 eip 08052900 esp bf872df8 error 6

Log started: 2009-05-31 09:53:12
(Reading database ... 233245 files and directories currently installed.)
Selecting previously deselected package libclamav5.
(Reading database ... 233246 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libclamav5 (from .../libclamav5_0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.3~hardy4_i386.deb) ...
Preparing to replace clamav 0.92.1~dfsg2-1.1ubuntu0.5 (using .../clamav_0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.3~hardy4_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement clamav ...
dpkg: libclamav3: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 clamav-freshclam depends on libclamav3 (>= 0.92.1~dfsg2).
(Reading database ... 233169 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libclamav3 ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
dpkg: considering removing libclamav2 in favour of clamav-freshclam ...
dpkg: yes, will remove libclamav2 in favour of clamav-freshclam.
(Reading database ... 233158 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace clamav-freshclam 0.92.1~dfsg2-1.1ubuntu0.5 (using .../clamav-freshclam_0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.3~hardy4_i386.deb) ...
 * Stopping ClamAV virus database updater freshclam
   ...done.
Unpacking replacement clamav-freshclam ...
Selecting previously deselected package ash.
Unpacking ash (from .../ash_0.5.4-8ubuntu1.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.24-24-generic.
Unpacking linux-image-2.6.24-24-generic (from .../linux-image-2.6.24-24-generic_2.6.24-24.53_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Selecting previously deselected package linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-24-generic.
Unpacking linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-24-generic (from .../linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-24-generic_2.6.24-24.39_i386.deb) ...
Preparing to replace linux-generic 2.6.24.23.25 (using .../linux-generic_2.6.24.24.26_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-generic ...
Preparing to replace linux-image-generic 2.6.24.23.25 (using .../linux-image-generic_2.6.24.24.26_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-image-generic ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-24-generic.
Unpacking linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-24-generic (from .../linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-24-generic_2.6.24.17-24.1_i386.deb) ...
Preparing to replace linux-restricted-modules-generic 2.6.24.23.25 (using .../linux-restricted-modules-generic_2.6.24.24.26_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-restricted-modules-generic ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.24-24.
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.24-24 (from .../linux-headers-2.6.24-24_2.6.24-24.53_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic.
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic (from .../linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic_2.6.24-24.53_i386.deb) ...
Preparing to replace linux-headers-generic 2.6.24.23.25 (using .../linux-headers-generic_2.6.24.24.26_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement linux-headers-generic ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Setting up libclamav5 (0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.3~hardy4) ...

Setting up clamav-freshclam (0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.3~hardy4) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/clamav-freshclam ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam ...
Replacing config file /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf with new version
Reloading AppArmor profiles Warning: found /etc/apparmor.d/force-complain/usr.bin.freshclam, forcing complain mode
: done.
 * Starting ClamAV virus database updater freshclam
   ...done.

Setting up clamav (0.94.dfsg.2-1ubuntu0.3~hardy4) ...
Setting up ash (0.5.4-8ubuntu1.1) ...

Setting up linux-image-2.6.24-24-generic (2.6.24-24.53) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-22-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Replacing config file /var/run/grub/menu.lst with new version
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

Setting up linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-24-generic (2.6.24-24.39) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic

Setting up linux-image-generic (2.6.24.24.26) ...
Setting up linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-24-generic (2.6.24.17-24.1) ...

Setting up linux-restricted-modules-generic (2.6.24.24.26) ...
Setting up linux-generic (2.6.24.24.26) ...
Setting up linux-headers-2.6.24-24 (2.6.24-24.53) ...
Setting up linux-headers-2.6.24-24-generic (2.6.24-24.53) ...

Setting up linux-headers-generic (2.6.24.24.26) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Log ended: 2009-05-31 09:58:49

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May 31 09:58:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): installArchives() failed

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.87.31
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.31 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): installArchives() failed
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

The relevant message is
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Setting up f-prot-installer (0.5.22) ...
[: 316: Illegal number:
installing f-prot
Downloading file fp-linux-ws.tar.gz.md5 from ftp://ftp.f-prot.com/pub/linux/
No such directory `pub/linux/'.
    Download failed. Please make sure that
    your computer is connected to the Internet.
    If you see this error although you are
    connected, either the server is down or the
    download location has changed. In the latter
    case you can still download the files manually.
    Please file a bug report against
    f-prot-installer!
dpkg: error processing f-prot-installer (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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affecting to f-prot-installer

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

I'm closing this report because this issue won't be fixed since f-prot-installer has been removed from the archive.