package update-manager 1:0.93.35 failed to install/upgrade mythtv: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Charles Marslett]

Binary package hint: update-manager

MySQL/MythTV seem to be very delicate. They break whenever I do much of anything.

This was during a distribution upgrade from 8.04 -> 8.10.

mythtv:
  Installed: 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

On the distribution upgrade log the following text appeared:

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Errors were encounteredhtv while processing:
 mythtv-common
 mythtv-database
 mythtv-frontend
 mythtv-transcode-utils
 mythtv-backend
 mythtv
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/logging/__init__.py", line 753, in emit self.flush()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/logging/__init__.py", line 731, in flush self.stream.flush()
IOEror: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/logging/__init__.py", line 753, in emit self.flush()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/logging/__init__.py", line 731, in flush self.stream.flush()
IOEror: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/logging/__init__.py", line 753, in emit self.flush()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/logging/__init__.py", line 731, in flush self.stream.flush()
IOEror: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor

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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.35
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.35 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

thanks for your report.

the cause of the failure is
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Setting up mythtv-common (0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing mythtv-common (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status
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affecting to mythtv

likely a dup of bug 295592 and bug 280974