package libxml-sax-perl 0.16-0.1 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 255

[shermira]

Binary package hint: libxml-sax-perl

upgrade from ubuntu 7.10 to ubuntu 8.04, then the package can't reinstall.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 26 14:10:05 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 255
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: libxml-sax-perl 0.16-0.1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: libxml-sax-perl
Title: package libxml-sax-perl 0.16-0.1 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso post-installation script devolvió el código de salida de error 255
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[bcrowell (launchpadcrowell07)]

I also get an error from this package when upgrading to hardy.

Errors were encountered while processing:
 libxml-sax-perl
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 753, in emit
    self.flush()
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 731, in flush
    self.stream.flush()
IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 753, in emit
    self.flush()
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 731, in flush
    self.stream.flush()
IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 753, in emit
    self.flush()
  File "logging/__init__.py", line 731, in flush
    self.stream.flush()
IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)
** Message: GetValue variable 1 (1)
** Message: GetValue variable 2 (2)

[Cory Albrecht (bytor)]

I am having this same problem on Ubuntu Hardy Heron x86_64

root@snowdog:~# apt-get install libxml-sax-perl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libxml-sax-perl
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 79.4kB of archives.
After this operation, 446kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libxml-sax-perl 0.16-0.1 [79.4kB]
Fetched 79.4kB in 1s (47.8kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package libxml-sax-perl.
(Reading database ... 177367 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libxml-sax-perl (from .../libxml-sax-perl_0.16-0.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up libxml-sax-perl (0.16-0.1) ...
Can't locate object method "save_parsers_debian" via package "XML::SAX" at /usr/bin/update-perl-sax-parsers line 90.
dpkg: error processing libxml-sax-perl (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libxml-sax-perl
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root@snowdog:~#

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Looks like http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=229178

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

This package has been synced with Debian during Intrepid's development and this bug is fixed in Intrepid.