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mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.5-0ubuntu2 failed to upgrade

Bug #398655 reported by Chris Halse Rogers on 2009-07-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #398213: package mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2. Edit Remove

This bug affects 5 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	gnash (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
Nominated for Karmic by Marco Rodrigues

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnash

When upgrading from 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 to 0.8.5-0ubuntu2 mozilla-plugin-gnash failed to upgrade, with an alternatives error about iceape-flashplugin. Has someone applied an inappropriate Debian merge?

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 13 15:30:34 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Package: mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.5-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-2.17-generic
SourcePackage: gnash
Title: package mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-2-generic x86_64

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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote on 2009-07-13:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.gz Edit (20.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (22.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Marco Rodrigues (gothicx) wrote on 2009-07-30:

I got the same problem.

Preparing to replace mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 (using .../mozilla-plugin-gnash_0.8.5-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: warning: old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
prerm called with argument `failed-upgrade'
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mozilla-plugin-gnash_0.8.5-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
postinst called with argument `abort-upgrade'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/mozilla-plugin-gnash_0.8.5-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)