package spamassassin 3.4.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
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dpkg (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Upgrade error during update to Ubuntu 19.04
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: spamassassin 3.4.2-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 21 11:11:07 2019
ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-29 (568 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
PackageArchitec
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.7, Python 3.7.3, python3-minimal, 3.7.3-1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.16, python-minimal, 2.7.16-1
RelatedPackageV
dpkg 1.19.6ubuntu1
apt 1.8.0
SourcePackage: spamassassin
Title: package spamassassin 3.4.2-1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-21 (0 days ago)
Setting up update-
dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
libgtk2.0-0:amd64 -> libc-bin
packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
spamassassin: perl-major-upgrade
dovecot-core: register-
install-info: /usr/share/info
sgml-base: /usr/share/xml: /usr/share/sgml: update-sgmlcatalog: /etc/sgml
linux-
udev: /lib/udev/hwdb.d
shared-mime-info: /usr/share/
dbus: /etc/dbus-
ca-certificates: update-
ureadahead: /etc/init.d: /etc/init
resolvconf: resolvconf-
systemd: /etc/init.d
libc-bin: ldconfig
libgtk2.
dictionaries-
sa-compile: perl-major-upgrade
hicolor-
initramfs-tools: update-initramfs
mime-support: /usr/share/
bamfdaemon: gmenucache: /usr/share/
dpkg: error processing package spamassassin (--configure):
triggers looping, abandoned
This was not actually a fault in spamassassin but rather dpkg had gotten stuck in a dependency loop, and spamassassin was just the first thing to trip. This was likely fixed by 1828639, I will dupe it up.