natty: upgrade to 1.9.2.13+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 freezes

[Martin-Éric Racine]

Binary package hint: xulrunner-1.9.2

Installation of 1.9.2.13+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2 freezes during postinst. This is a step that normally takes just a few seconds to complete, but now it has been sitting there for close to 30 minutes without progress.

root 2171 0.5 6.4 62796 57972 pts/0 S+ 18:36 0:13 | \_ dpkg --configure -a
root 2345 0.0 0.0 1900 504 pts/0 S+ 18:37 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/xulrunner-1.9.2.postinst configure 1.9.2.12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu
root 2346 0.0 0.0 1900 536 pts/0 S+ 18:37 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /usr/bin/xulrunner-1.9.2 --gre-version
root 2373 0.0 0.0 1900 512 pts/0 S+ 18:37 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.13/run-mozilla.sh /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.13/xulrunne
root 2377 0.0 0.6 35624 5580 pts/0 S+ 18:37 0:00 | \_ /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.13/xulrunner-bin --gre-version

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xulrunner-1.9.2 1.9.2.13+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-5.14-generic 2.6.37-rc2
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-5-generic i586
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Nov 23 19:13:14 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fi_FI:fi:en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xulrunner-1.9.2

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

This is fixed already

[Lucazade (lucazade)]

I get same issue with xulrunner.
Is there an update version and if there is how can i make xulrunner finish its configuration?
Because i'm stuck at configuring (also using dpkg --reconfigure -a) and cannot update the system..
please Chris Coulson explain it!

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Still building on i386.

xulrunner-1.9.2 (1.9.2.13+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low

  * Oops, some muppet (me) forgot to add the lsb_release calls to
    get the distro version and switch off -pie on natty, making the
    package configure hang for all i386 users. Nice one me
    - update debian/control
    - update debian/rules

[Martin-Éric Racine (q-funk)]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Micah Gersten wrote:
> Still building on i386.
>
> xulrunner-1.9.2 (1.9.2.13+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low
>
>  * Oops, some muppet (me) forgot to add the lsb_release calls to
>    get the distro version and switch off -pie on natty, making the
>    package configure hang for all i386 users. Nice one me
>    - update debian/control
>    - update debian/rules

Apologies accepted. That has also got to be one of the most hilarious
log entries I've seen in a while. :)

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Yes, it's been an "interesting" day for me today ;)

[hrhnick (hrhnick)]

I'm still stuck on this. "sudo dpkg --configure -a" keeps getting stuck.

[guisardo (ubuntu-lucasmrancez)]

Me too. How do I fix this on my machine?

[hrhnick (hrhnick)]

Resolved.
Removed the files "/var/lib/dpkg/info/xulrunner-1.9.2.postint" and "/var/lib/dpkg/info/xulrunner-1.9.2.prerm"
Reconfigured, Updated, then Upgraded.
Don't trust me though, I don't know if this will cause any hiccups down the road, it shouldn't.

[guisardo (ubuntu-lucasmrancez)]

That didn't work for me. A lot of packages still retained for updates.