failed to upgrade to oneiric: /usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiobamf.so: undefined symbol: g_desktop_app_info_launch_handler_get_type

[michael kieda]

11.04 to 11.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: hostname 3.05ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 18 12:30:23 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured
InstallationMedia: Zorin OS 4 - Release i386
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package hostname 3.05ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package hostname is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-18 (0 days ago)

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

The problem comes from bamf. If the simple unpack of a newer version can break all perl scripts, it might be wise to pre-depend on the needed libraries...

Preparing to replace libc6 2.13-0ubuntu13 (using .../libc6_2.13-16ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...

/usr/bin/perl: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiobamf.so: undefined symbol: g_desktop_app_info_launch_handler_get_type

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-16ubuntu4_i386.deb (--unpack):

 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Stephen M. Webb (bregma)]

Oneiric reached support end of life 2013-05-09. This bug is unlikely to get fixed now.