Error in the 7.0.68 ubuntu1~dapper1_i386 deb file

[Alejandro Díaz-Caro]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

I can't install the update of flashplugin-nonfree.
I receive the following error after the downloading process:
Downloading... done.
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
                -n: not really
                -f: force
[...]

I think that the error is in the script "postinst" from the deb package. It script has the following line:
update-rc.d flashplugin-nonfree multiuser > /dev/null,
and "multiuser" is not a valid option for update-rc.d. Maybe it would be "defaults"?

[Bruce Miller (brm0423)]

Full install report:

Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 83, <GEN6> line 4.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 84, <GEN6> line 4.
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-nonfree
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1) ...
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
  Major opcode: 145
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
  Major opcode: 145
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
  Major opcode: 145
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
  Major opcode: 145
  Minor opcode: 3
  Resource id: 0x0
Failed to open device
Use of uninitialized value in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 2.
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
                -n: not really
                -f: force
Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 83, <GEN6> line 4.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 84, <GEN6> line 4.
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encounte

[Alejandro Díaz-Caro (janus)]

Ok, the error that I receive is not so bad :)
This is the full install report for me (sorry, I had to translate from spanish, maybe one or two words are not exact)

Configuring flashplugin-nonfree (7.0.68~ubuntu1~dapper1) ...
Downloading... done.
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
                -n: not really
                -f: force
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):
[...]

[TiagoMacambira (macambira)]

Same here.

I edited the postinst script, adding a "set -x" to it. Heres the relevant output:

+ return 0
+ '[' -x /etc/init.d/flashplugin-nonfree ']'
+ update-rc.d flashplugin-nonfree multiuser
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | sNN kNN]
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
                -n: not really
                -f: force
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--configure):

"multiuser" is related with an update to update-rc.d as described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Teardown. But this update will only be availiable in ubuntu 6.10 or throw a backport to dapper.

My 2cents: IFF this package is a backport, than it would better explicitly depend on a backported update-rc.d version.

[Pazkooda (pazkooda)]

Hi,

I just want to confirm bug (same output as above).

Notice: Package should (??) "Conflict" with original (non-backported) update-rc.d.

[Juan Carlos Torres (jucato)]

Marked as a duplicate of bug 61404 (explains what happened)