Warnings in '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/***' while installing banshee

[Mikhail Turov]

Binary package hint: banshee

while install banshe there are strange warnings in the console:

grold@desktop:~$ sudo aptitude install banshee
[sudo] password for grold:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  banshee libboo2.0.9-cil{a} libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil{a} libtaglib2.0-cil{a} podsleuth{a}
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 4,634kB of archives. After unpacking 14.8MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe libboo2.0.9-cil all 0.9.2.3383+dfsg-1 [546kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil all 0.9.0-2 [59.7kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe libtaglib2.0-cil all 2.0.3.7+dfsg-1 [150kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe banshee i386 1.7.3-2ubuntu2 [3,831kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe podsleuth all 0.6.7-1 [46.8kB]
Fetched 4,634kB in 8s (565kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libboo2.0.9-cil.
(Reading database ... 409666 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libboo2.0.9-cil (from .../libboo2.0.9-cil_0.9.2.3383+dfsg-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil.
Unpacking libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil (from .../libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil_0.9.0-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libtaglib2.0-cil.
Unpacking libtaglib2.0-cil (from .../libtaglib2.0-cil_2.0.3.7+dfsg-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package banshee.
Unpacking banshee (from .../banshee_1.7.3-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package podsleuth.
Unpacking podsleuth (from .../podsleuth_0.6.7-1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000' near line 5 package 'libboo2.0.9-cil':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0000' near line 5 package 'libboo2.0.9-cil':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0003' near line 5 package 'libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0003' near line 5 package 'libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0006' near line 5 package 'libtaglib2.0-cil':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0006' near line 5 package 'libtaglib2.0-cil':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0009' near line 5 package 'banshee':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0009' near line 5 package 'banshee':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0011' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0011' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0013' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0013' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0015' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0015' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0017' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0017' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0019' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0019' near line 6 package 'banshee':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0022' near line 5 package 'podsleuth':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0022' near line 5 package 'podsleuth':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0024' near line 6 package 'podsleuth':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0024' near line 6 package 'podsleuth':
 missing maintainer
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0025' near line 6 package 'podsleuth':
 missing description
warning, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/updates/0025' near line 6 package 'podsleuth':
 missing maintainer
Processing triggers for hal ...
Regenerating hal fdi cache ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up libboo2.0.9-cil (0.9.2.3383+dfsg-1) ...
* Installing 8 assemblies from libboo2.0.9-cil into Mono
Setting up libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil (0.9.0-2) ...
* Installing 5 assemblies from libmono-zeroconf1.0-cil into Mono
Setting up libtaglib2.0-cil (2.0.3.7+dfsg-1) ...
* Installing 2 assemblies from libtaglib2.0-cil into Mono
Setting up banshee (1.7.3-2ubuntu2) ...
Setting up podsleuth (0.6.7-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu ...

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: banshee 1.7.3-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-15.21-generic 2.6.35.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-15-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 17 10:57:38 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: banshee

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

This is happening on lots of packages, the /var/lib/dpkg/updates/* that it's complaining about don't seem to be the original control files but they appear to be temporaries.

For example it did it on 'mc' for me and the 0002 file shows:

dg@major:/tmp/updates$ more 0002
Package: mc
Status: install reinstreq half-installed
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Version: 3:4.7.0.6-1
Triggers-Awaited: doc-base
dg@major:/tmp/updates$

Dave

[Mohamed Amine Ilidrissi (ilidrissi.amine)]

Since the above reporter said this occurs on a lot of packages, I'm closing the banshee task. Feel free to re-open it if you find that it also affects Banshee.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.15.8.4ubuntu2

---------------
dpkg (1.15.8.4ubuntu2) maverick; urgency=low

  * Backport from sid branch (Guillem Jover):
    - Do not print a warning when parsing status or status log files on
      half-installed packages w/o a Description or Maintainer field, as this
      happens normally when the package was never installed before
      (LP: #619135).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:07:24 +0100