package is run with "dpkg --configure" but not "dpkg --unpack" before causing failure
Bug #291482 reported by
FredrikAgert
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #940396: lucid -> precise main all failed to upgrade: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kde-runtime.
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apt (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
After upgrading from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10, a lot of modules failed to upgrade. Logging in to the failsafe xterm and issuing
#apt-get update
#apt-get upgrade
#apt-get install
solved the problem. This report was from before issuing the apt-get commands
Computer Dell Latitude D620
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
ErrorMessage: paketet libgnome2-0 är redan installerat och konfigurerat
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: libgnome2-0 2.24.1-0ubuntu4
SourcePackage: libgnome
Title: package libgnome2-0 2.24.1-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
tags: | added: dist-upgrade |
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Here is what is causing the error:
dpkg: fel vid hantering av x11-common (--configure):^M
paketet x11-common är redan installerat och konfigurerat^M
Fel uppstod vid hantering:^M
x11-common^M
This is the first (and only) line of x11-common in the terminal log. The error message tranlsates to "package is already installed and configured"
Now this looks like x11-common got not unpacked before apt ran --configure on it. So this might be either a nasty bug in the ordering code or a problem with the commandline that apt generates to call dpkg.