package opendnssec-enforcer-mysql 1.1.3-3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package opendnssec-enforcer-mysql is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

[José A. Domínguez]

Stable update justification:

Impact: Package is uninstallable.
Development fix: See comment 2.
Stable fix: The same fix: replace Unicode dashes with ASCII "-".
TEST CASE: Install opendnssec-enforcer-mysql in Oneiric. It should actually be possible to install it.
Regression potential: It can hardly get worse than being uninstallable.

Original report follows:

Upgrading to 11.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: opendnssec-enforcer-mysql 1.1.3-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic-pae 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 31 15:31:57 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package opendnssec-enforcer-mysql is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
SourcePackage: opendnssec
Title: package opendnssec-enforcer-mysql 1.1.3-3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package opendnssec-enforcer-mysql is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-31 (0 days ago)

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Fixed in Precise:

opendnssec (1.3.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Imported Upstream version 1.3.3
  * Fix copy&paste unicode dashes in dpkg-maintscript-helper invocations
    (Closes: #643660)
  * Disable PIE hardening to make debug symbols work
  * Build -dbg packages with symbols for better debugging
  * Update dnsruby depend to 1.53

 -- Ondřej Surý <email address hidden> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:37:41 +0100

Still, we should backport this fix to Oneiric.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Hello José, or anyone else affected,

Accepted opendnssec into oneiric-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Installs fine here.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package opendnssec - 1.3.0-1ubuntu1

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opendnssec (1.3.0-1ubuntu1) oneiric-proposed; urgency=low

  * Backport from Debian:
    - Replace Unicode dashes with ASCII dashes in dpkg-maintscript-helper
      invocations so that opendnssec-enforcer-mysql is installable
      (LP: #884515).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:37:34 +0000