package update-manager 1:0.87.24 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

[Charles Curley]

Binary package hint: update-manager

This was generated automatically by update manager in the process of upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy. So I have no idea what happened or what should have happened. The same installation produced a bug report for linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24, which is possibly the root problem. I'll finish this report off and put its number in that report so you can cross reference them.

root@taltos:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
root@taltos:~#

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 30 20:58:08 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)

Package: update-manager 1:0.87.24
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.24 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic i686

[Charles Curley (charlescurley)]

The other bug is Bug #225045

thank you.

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Thanks for your bugreport.

Please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade to this bugreport.
 Thanks Michael

[Charles Curley (charlescurley)]

Log files attached.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

The failure is:
=====
2008-04-30 21:33:22,986 WARNING dpkg interrupted, calling dpkg --configure -a
2008-04-30 21:35:04,130 ERROR not handled expection:
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/tmp/tmp.gdmsAK2610/hardy", line 60, in <module>
    app.run()

  File "/tmp/tmp.gdmsAK2610/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1550, in run
    self.fullUpgrade()

  File "/tmp/tmp.gdmsAK2610/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1425, in fullUpgrade
    if not self.prepare():

  File "/tmp/tmp.gdmsAK2610/DistUpgradeController.py", line 346, in prepare
    self.openCache()

  File "/tmp/tmp.gdmsAK2610/DistUpgradeController.py", line 209, in openCache
    self._view.getOpCacheProgress())

  File "/tmp/tmp.gdmsAK2610/DistUpgradeCache.py", line 51, in __init__
    raise CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted, e

CacheExceptionDpkgInterrupted: E:dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

2008-04-30 21:35:04,131 DEBUG running apport_crash()
2008-04-30 21:35:04,439 ERROR failed to import apport python module, can't report bug: No module named python_hook
=====

This usually happens when dpkg was interrupted while it was working. If it's still an issue then please open a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

Thanks.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!