package gnustep-back-common 0.22.0-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[philip wagner]

ackage gnustep-back-common 0.22.0-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: gnustep-back-common 0.22.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-3.12-generic 3.10.1
Uname: Linux 3.10.0-3-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jul 14 20:45:21 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:gnustep-back-common:0.22.0-1ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-30 (110 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130328)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gnustep-back
Title: package gnustep-back-common 0.22.0-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-06-22 (26 days ago)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Thomas Sisson (thomas-sisson-1)]

Here is the output from my attempt to install GNUStep. I need gnustep-devel because I want to install Etoile for the interface improvements.

sudo apt-get install gnustep gnustep-devel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  mpd
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  addressmanager.app charmap.app cynthiune.app gnumail.app gnustep-back-common gnustep-back0.22
  gnustep-back0.22-art gnustep-base-common gnustep-base-doc gnustep-base-runtime gnustep-common
  gnustep-core-devel gnustep-core-doc gnustep-examples gnustep-gpbs gnustep-gui-common
  gnustep-gui-doc gnustep-gui-runtime gnustep-icons gnustep-make gnustep-make-doc gorm.app
  gworkspace.app libgnustep-base-dev libgnustep-base1.24 libgnustep-gui-dev libgnustep-gui0.22
  libnetclasses0 libpantomime1.2 libpopplerkit0 librenaissance0 librenaissance0-dev mknfonts.tool
  preview.app projectcenter.app systempreferences.app talksoup.app terminal.app textedit.app
  viewpdf.app wrapperfactory.app zipper.app
Suggested packages:
  steptalk aclock.app camera.app timemon.app cenon.app poe.app plopfolio.app mpdcon.app
  lusernet.app grr.app agenda.app edenmath.app volumecontrol.app gnustep-base-examples
  libpantomime1.2-dev libpopplerkit-dev libnetclasses-dev libaddresses-dev libaddressview-dev
  librsskit-dev gnustep-dl2
Recommended packages:
  preferences.app latex.service
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  addressmanager.app charmap.app cynthiune.app gnumail.app gnustep gnustep-back-common
  gnustep-back0.22 gnustep-back0.22-art gnustep-base-common gnustep-base-doc gnustep-base-runtime
  gnustep-common gnustep-core-devel gnustep-core-doc gnustep-devel gnustep-examples gnustep-gpbs
  gnustep-gui-common gnustep-gui-doc gnustep-gui-runtime gnustep-icons gnustep-make
  gnustep-make-doc gorm.app gworkspace.app libgnustep-base-dev libgnustep-base1.24
  libgnustep-gui-dev libgnustep-gui0.22 libnetclasses0 libpantomime1.2 libpopplerkit0
  librenaissance0 librenaissance0-dev mknfonts.tool preview.app projectcenter.app
  systempreferences.app talksoup.app terminal.app textedit.app viewpdf.app wrapperfactory.app
  zipper.app
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