package base-files 7.2ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected

[rick wilson]

Not sure what else happened. I just got a dialog box about this failing.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: base-files 7.2ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 3 16:22:49 2014
Dependencies:

DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to unpack .../base-files_7.2ubuntu5.1_i386.deb ...
 Unpacking base-files (7.2ubuntu5.1) over (7.2ubuntu5) ...
 dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_7.2ubuntu5.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected
DuplicateSignature: package:base-files:7.2ubuntu5:unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected
ErrorMessage: unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-16 (444 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
SourcePackage: base-files
Title: package base-files 7.2ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-03 (92 days ago)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

This error message indicates that you have a non-default filesystem on /mnt that's in a problematic state. The base-files package provides the /mnt directory on the filesystem, so dpkg assumes it should be able to unpack that directory if necessary. I think you will need to unmount /mnt on your system to upgrade base-files.

Marking this bug as invalid, because I don't believe there's anything we can do in base-files to mitigate this.

[rick wilson (rickw)]

Ok great I will make that s3 file system attach somewhere else. Thanks

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> On Aug 4, 2014, at 1:34 AM, Steve Langasek <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> This error message indicates that you have a non-default filesystem on
> /mnt that's in a problematic state. The base-files package provides the
> /mnt directory on the filesystem, so dpkg assumes it should be able to
> unpack that directory if necessary. I think you will need to unmount
> /mnt on your system to upgrade base-files.
>
> Marking this bug as invalid, because I don't believe there's anything we
> can do in base-files to mitigate this.
>
> ** Changed in: base-files (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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> Title:
> package base-files 7.2ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: unable to
> stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not
> connected
>
> Status in “base-files” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Not sure what else happened. I just got a dialog box about this
> failing.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: base-files 7.2ubuntu5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
> Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sun Aug 3 16:22:49 2014
> Dependencies:
>
> DpkgTerminalLog:
> Preparing to unpack .../base-files_7.2ubuntu5.1_i386.deb ...
> Unpacking base-files (7.2ubuntu5.1) over (7.2ubuntu5) ...
> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_7.2ubuntu5.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
> unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected
> DuplicateSignature: package:base-files:7.2ubuntu5:unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected
> ErrorMessage: unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-16 (444 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
> SourcePackage: base-files
> Title: package base-files 7.2ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): Transport endpoint is not connected
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-03 (92 days ago)
>
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