package tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: Pakiet jest w złym stanie - powinien zostać przeinstalowany przed usunięciem.

[Lepus]

Binary package hint: tftp-hpa

1) Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
2) apt-cache policy tftpd-hpa
tftpd-hpa:
  Zainstalowana: 5.0-11ubuntu2
  Kandydująca: 5.0-11ubuntu2.1
  Tabela wersji:
     5.0-11ubuntu2.1 0
        500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
 *** 5.0-11ubuntu2 0
        500 http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) Update will be installed
4) Manager stopped while updating

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic i686
AptOrdering: tftpd-hpa: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 14 09:59:01 2011
ErrorMessage: Pakiet jest w złym stanie - powinien zostać przeinstalowany przed usunięciem.
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: tftp-hpa
Title: package tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: Pakiet jest w złym stanie - powinien zostać przeinstalowany przed usunięciem.

[Peter Matulis (petermatulis)]

I cannot reproduce this.

I translated the error message to this:

"The package is in poor condition - it should be reinstalled before removal"

How I knew the original was in Polish is beyond me.

$ sudo aptitude install tftpd-hpa=5.0-11ubuntu2

$ sudo aptitude full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  tftpd-hpa
1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 46.9kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2.1 [46.9kB]
Fetched 46.9kB in 0s (106kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 27344 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2 (using .../tftpd-hpa_5.0-11ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb) ...
tftpd-hpa stop/waiting
Unpacking replacement tftpd-hpa ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up tftpd-hpa (5.0-11ubuntu2.1) ...
tftpd user (tftp) already exists, doing nothing.

tftpd-hpa directory (/var/lib/tftpboot) already exists, doing nothing.
tftpd-hpa start/running, process 11999

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

Current status: 0 updates [-1].

$ dpkg -l tftpd-hpa
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=================================-=================================-==================================================================================
ii tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2.1 HPA's tftp server

[Lepus (lepuspolitechnicus)]

Thank you for the feedback.
Your translation is correct.

All started when tftpd-hpa update stoped during installation. Since that every time update manager has tried to continue interrupted update and has stopped in this installation phase
(the same as after "sudo aptitude install tftpd-hpa=5.0-11ubuntu2"):
...
Preconfiguring packages ...
/etc/default/tftpd-hpa: line 3: -s: command not found
(Reading database ... 177105 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2 (using .../tftpd-hpa_5.0-11ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...

and it stops at this.

My /etc/default/tftpd-hpa:
# /etc/default/tftpd-hpa
RUN_DAEMON=”yes”
OPTIONS=”-l -s /tftpboot”
# TFTP_USERNAME="tftp"
# TFTP_DIRECTORY="/var/lib/tftpboot"
# TFTP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0:69"
# TFTP_OPTIONS="--secure"

The following things appears in system as well (some I've got in Polish and its only my translation):

1) "no entrance sign" icon on system panel is displayed, its tip is that an error occured, run package manager or apt-get in terminal. Error message: "Error: BrokenCount > 0" usually meaning that installed packages has unsatisfied dependencies

2) on startup package manager shows error with message telling dpkg activity was interrupted and I have to manually perform "sudo dpkg --configure -a" to solve the problem. E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

3) "sudo dpkg --configure -a" informs that error of processing tftpd-hpa occured and package is in poor condition - it should be reinstalled before removal

4) "dpkg -l tftpd-hpa" gives:
Desired=U=Unknown/I=Install/R=Remove/P=Purge/H=Hold
| Status=N=Not/I=Inst/C=Cfg-files/U=Unpacked/F=Failed/H=Half-inst/W=trig aWait/T=Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/H=Hold/R=Reinst-required (Status,Err:uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un tftp-hpa <none> (no available description)

I hope it will help.

[Lepus (lepuspolitechnicus)]

Sorry for misspelling :/ I have tftp client uninstalled.

4) dpkg -l tftpd-hpa
Desired=U=Unknown/I=Install/R=Remove/P=Purge/H=Hold
| Status=N=Not/I=Inst/C=Cfg-files/U=Unpacked/F=Failed/H=Half-inst/W=trig aWait/T=Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/H=Hold/R=Reinst-required (Status,Err:uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
iFR tftpd-hpa 5.0-11ubuntu2 HPA's tftp server

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Hi Lepus,

please try doing an

   apt-get purge tftpd-hpa

to remove the bad configuration, and let us know whether that allows you to proceed.

[Lepus (lepuspolitechnicus)]

Hi Serge,
unfortunately the command does not work (it's just my translation - original message was in Polish):
$ sudo apt-get purge tftpd-hpa
E: dpkg operation was interrupted, you have to execute 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' manually to solve the problem.

Suggested command gives:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: error processing tftpd-hpa (--configure):
 The package is in poor condition - it should be reinstalled before trying to configure it
Errors during processing occurred:
 tftpd-hpa

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