Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/gegl', line 12: all `Format' sections are invalid.

Bug #1640678 reported by launchpadmember
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Bug Description

System specs:
OS: Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial x86_64
Kernel: 4.4.0-45-generic
libgegl-doc installed version: 1:0.3.11~0-0x0~ppa~363b1c9

Description of problem:
Received a message to perform a system update. (Note: this was with a clean and updated apt-cache). Elected to let the GUI perform the update. What was expected was a clean update, but an error message was displayed at some point instead. After viewing /var/log/apt/term.log, the following error was revealed.

-------- Error message begins: --------
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file...
Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/gegl', line 12: all `Format' sections are invalid.
Note: `install-docs --verbose --check file_name' may give more details about the above error.
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
-------- Error message ends: --------

Suggested action:
install-docs --verbose --check /usr/share/doc-base/gegl
-------- Results Begins -------
Warning in `/usr/share/doc-base/gegl', line 12: file `/usr/share/doc/libgegl-doc/api.html' does not exist.
Error in `/usr/share/doc-base/gegl', line 12: all `Format' sections are invalid.
/usr/share/doc-base/gegl: Fatal error found, the file won't be registered.
-------- Results End --------

1st Implied action: (check the file)
cat /usr/share/doc/doc-base/gegl
-------- Result Begins --------
Title: Debian gegl Manual
Author: gegl upstream authors
Abstract: This manual describes what gegl is
 and how it can be used to manage online manuals
 on Debian systems.
Section: Graphics

Format: HTML
Index: /usr/share/doc/libgegl-doc/api.html
Files: /usr/share/doc/libgegl-doc/gegl*.html
       /usr/share/doc/libgegl-doc/operations.html
-------- Result Ends --------
Note:
1.) Line 12 is the last line in the results shown above.
2.) The error also mentions that the "Format" section is invalid.

2nd Implied action: (check the referenced directory for file existence).
ls -al /usr/share/doc/libgegl-doc/
-------- Result Begins --------
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 9 20:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 4180 root root 139264 Nov 5 13:08 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25960 Nov 8 14:51 abyss_policy.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9306 Nov 8 14:50 brightness-contrast.c.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26201 Nov 8 14:51 bugzilla.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27480 Nov 8 14:51 build.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1124 Nov 8 14:40 changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 301094 Nov 8 14:50 class-hierarchy.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27255 Nov 8 14:51 commandline.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28099 Nov 8 14:51 contribute.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2216 Nov 28 2015 copyright
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28166 Nov 8 14:51 copyright.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36621 Nov 8 14:51 development.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7405 Jul 19 11:17 devhelp.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26349 Nov 8 14:51 editor.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26955 Nov 8 14:51 environment.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27446 Nov 8 14:51 features.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7816 Jul 19 11:17 gegl.css
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4576 Nov 8 14:50 gegl.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4473 Jul 19 11:17 gegl.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4034 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-area-filter.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3930 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-composer.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3767 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-filter.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18425 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4792 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-meta.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5095 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-point-composer.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5392 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-point-filter.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4406 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-point-render.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4000 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-sink.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3772 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-source.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4790 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-operation-temporal.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6071 Nov 8 14:50 gegl-plugin.h.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26533 Nov 8 14:51 glossary.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28422 Nov 8 14:51 hello-world.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29406 Nov 8 14:51 index.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33323 Nov 8 14:51 journal.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29175 Nov 8 14:51 operation-api.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66542 Jul 19 11:17 operations.html
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27933 Nov 8 14:51 source-overview.html
-------- Result Ends --------
Note:
1.) As can be seen. None of the files mentioned inside "/usr/share/doc-base/gegl" actually exist as referenced.

Closing:
I hope this report is informative enough to be helpful in some way.

Revision history for this message
launchpadmember (lpuser1138) wrote :

CORRECTION:
My final note was incorrect. Sorry its late and I'm exhausted.
The only file that doesn't exist as referenced in "/usr/share/doc-base/gegl" is "api.html".

Hope this clarifies my mistake. My Apologies.

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