package fontconfig 2.11.1-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned

[TheByteSmasher]

Failed on update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: fontconfig 2.11.1-0ubuntu6
Uname: Linux 3.18.3-031803-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.16.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Feb 10 18:51:02 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:fontconfig:2.11.1-0ubuntu6:triggers looping, abandoned
ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-24 (17 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150124)
SourcePackage: fontconfig
Title: package fontconfig 2.11.1-0ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

dpkg trigger cycle detection was an experimental feature in Debian, and subsequently Ubuntu, was has now been removed from dpkg. Therefore, this bug report is no longer valid and I'm marking it as such.

If you are interested in more information about this issue you could look at:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776910#42

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for cups (2.1.0-1) ...
dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
 chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
  software-center -> fontconfig
 packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
  fontconfig: /usr/share/fonts
  software-center: /usr/share/app-install/desktop
  libc-bin: ldconfig
  initramfs-tools: update-initramfs
dpkg: error processing package fontconfig (--configure):
 triggers looping, abandoned
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.120ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.1.0-3-generic
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 fontconfig
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
corrado@corrado-wily:~$

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

Wily apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade Sept 11, 2015
rebooted got this bug

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=15.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=wily
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch)"
Linux Aspire-5253 4.2.0-7-generic #7-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 1 16:43:10 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
model name : AMD E-350 Processor
model name : AMD E-350 Processor
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]

[Riccardo Murri (rmurri)]

@Brian Murray: please do not close as "won't fix". This bug affects people updating from 15.04 (and possibly earlier) to 15.10. So even if it's fixed in 15.10, it's still relevant.

[Mina (842mono)]

affects me while upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04