dmsetup and libdevmapper1.02.1 fail to install, depend on each other

[Willy]

Test Case
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1) Install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
2) Ensure /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades says normal
3) Try to upgrade to Vivid (15.04)
4) Observe a failure due to libdevmapper and dmsetup

With the version of the package from -proposed the upgrade will complete successfully.

Problem occured when I did a distribution upgrade with the "Software Updater"

ProblemType: PackageDistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: systemd-sysv (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-61.100-generic 3.13.11-ckt22
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-61-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 20 08:44:57 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:systemd-sysv:(not installed):pre-dependency problem - not installing systemd-sysv
ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing systemd-sysv
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-18 (490 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)SourcePackage: systemd
Title: package systemd-sysv (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: pre-dependency problem - not installing systemd-sysv
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

There is a whole chain of failures:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of systemd:
 systemd depends on libcryptsetup4 (>= 2:1.4.3); however:
  Package libcryptsetup4 is not configured yet.

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libcryptsetup4:
 libcryptsetup4 depends on libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.90); however:
  Package libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64:
 libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 depends on dmsetup (>= 2:1.02.90-2ubuntu1); however:
  Package dmsetup is not configured yet.

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dmsetup:
 dmsetup depends on libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.90); however:
  Package libdevmapper1.02.1:amd64 is not configured yet.

So this is a cyclic dependency between dmsetup and libdevmapper1.02.1.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[pst007x (turone)]

"Update aborted. Your system may be left in an unworkable state"

The setting for "dictionaries-common/default-wordlist" is missing, but packages providing candidates are installed: "miscfiles, wamerican, wbritish".

This may be due to corruption in the debconf database. See "/usr/share/doc/dictionaries-common/README.problems" on "Debconf database corruption".

In this case, running "/usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl" can help to put the debconf database in a consistent state.

Some questions are likely to be asked after this message in order to leave the dictionaries system in a (provisionally) working state.

Could not install '/var/cache/apt/archives/init_1.22ubuntu11_amd64.deb'

The upgrade will continue but the '/var/cache/apt/archives/init_1.22ubuntu11_amd64.deb' package may not be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it.

no package named `init' is installed, cannot configure

TRASHED!

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Cyclic dependencies should be handled properly by apt already. Seems like in this case it should pass both libdevmapper1.02.1 and dmsetup to dpkg --configure in this case. It's something apt should already be able to do, but here we seem to be hitting some edge case. Reassigning to apt.

[Leon Atkinson (e3-leon-jl)]

This bug hit me today upgrading from 14.04 LTS. The output of apt-get install -f was complaining about init scripts with errors. The main culprits were two scripts added by vmware. After I deleted those two scripts, apt-get install -f was able to move forward. After that, I ran apt-get upgrade and then apt-get autoremove. Then I rebooted, and it worked!

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

What scripts might that be?

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

Why incomplete? Based on the original bug filing and Martin Pitt's follow up in comment #2 the problem is (or was) dmsetup and libdevmapper depending on each other. Has that dependency issue been addressed? I'm not complaining, just curious.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Circular dependencies between packages (especially between two packages with postinst scripts) should be avoided wherever possible. Unfortunately in this case it's not possible. So it does appear to be a bug that's only fixable in apt.

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Hello Willy, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.0.1ubuntu2.11 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I installed the version of apt from trusty-proposed as seen in /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log:

Preparing to unpack .../apt_1.0.9.7ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb ...^M
Unpacking apt (1.0.9.7ubuntu4.2) over (1.0.1ubuntu2.11) ...^M
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...^M

The upgrade from Trusty to Vivid proceeded without error. From /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log:

2016-01-12 14:22:18,584 DEBUG Finish checking for obsolete pkgs
2016-01-12 14:22:18,614 DEBUG The following packages are marked for removal: friends-twitter libcdr-0.0-0 xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-vivid gir1.2-messagingmenu-1.0 libplist1 libcrypt-passwdmd5-perl libsystemd-login0 libgdata13 xserver-xorg-input-mouse-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-vivid libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-vivid libmbim-glib0 libexiv2-12 friends-facebook friends xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-vivid unity-lens-friends xserver-xorg-input-wacom-lts-vivid libboost-date-time1.54.0 libboost-system1.54.0 xserver-xorg-video-radeon-lts-vivid python-notify libmspub-0.0-0 xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-vivid libwpg-0.2-2 libcolorhug1 xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-vivid python-pexpect qtdeclarative5-privatewidgets-plugin gir1.2-edataserver-1.2 libgnome-desktop-3-7 liborcus-0.6-0 libvte-2.90-9 python-renderpm libsystemd-daemon0 gir1.2-vte-2.90 xserver-xorg-video-mach64-lts-vivid libvisio-0.0-0 libfriends0 gir1.2-ebook-1.2 libcmis-0.4-4 libprotobuf8 linux-image-extra-3.19.0-25-generic friends-dispatcher linux-image-generic-lts-vivid python-libxml2 linux-image-3.19.0-25-generic libpoppler44 libelfg0 libreoffice-presentation-minimizer python-ibus python-reportlab-accel libthumbnailer0 librtmp0 xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-vivid libwnck-common xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-vivid python-reportlab libvte-2.90-common xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-vivid libparted0debian1 linux-headers-generic-lts-vivid linux-headers-3.19.0-25-generic libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid libcamel-1.2-45 libwps-0.2-2 libwpd-0.9-9 libvncserver0 libgtop2-7 python-gnomekeyring gtk3-engines-unico libgrip0 xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-vivid libt1-5 libsystemd-journal0 libcolord1 gir1.2-ebookcontacts-1.2 linux-generic-lts-vivid python-gconf libqmi-glib0 xserver-xorg-video-vesa-lts-vivid python-smbc libplymouth2 xserver-xorg-video-trident-lts-vivid libgnutls26 libwnck22 gir1.2-gconf-2.0 ubuntu-extras-keyring xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-vivid python-requests qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-ui-extras-browser-plugin-assets libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 libraw9 xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-vivid account-plugin-twitter libxatracker2-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-vivid gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 libminiupnpc8 linux-headers-3.19.0-25 libqt5webkit5-qmlwebkitplugin libupower-glib1 libqt5sensors5
2016-01-12 14:34:44,786 INFO cache.commit()
2016-01-12 14:34:57,948 DEBUG plugins for condition 'PostCleanup' are '[]'
2016-01-12 14:34:57,948 DEBUG plugins for condition 'vividPostCleanup' are '[]'
2016-01-12 14:34:57,948 DEBUG plugins for condition 'from_trusty...

[Willy (w-a-schulte)]

Hello Adam,

Sorry, somewhere I guess i messed up. What I did was:

      * a Virtual box image with 14.04 comepltely up to date
      * did the things in the "EnableProposed"
      * ran software updater and chose upgrade
      * then I get this:
      *

Did I mess up to reproduce .. ?

With kind regards, Willy Schulte.

On di, 2016-01-12 at 20:12 +0000, Adam Conrad wrote:

> Hello Willy, or anyone else affected,
>
> Accepted apt into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be
> available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/1.0.1ubuntu2.11 in
> a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
>
> Please help us by testing this new package. See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
> enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update
> out to other Ubuntu users.
>
> If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
> mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
> from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
> bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
> verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help
> us make a better decision.
>
> Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
> advance!
>
> ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Trusty)
> Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
>
> ** Tags added: verification-needed
>

[Erick Brunzell (lbsolost)]

@ Willy, under Software & Updates > Updates tab did you have Notify me of a new Ubuntu version set to For LTS only or For any new release? If it's still set for LTS only that may explain the failure.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

@Willy - "/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log" would be helpful in determining why the upgrade path could not be calculated. Additionally, it'd be best to only install apt and libapt-pkg4.12 from trusty-proposed instead of everything.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.0.1ubuntu2.11

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apt (1.0.1ubuntu2.11) trusty; urgency=medium

  * apt-pkg/packagemanager.cc:
    - fix incorrect configure ordering in the SmartConfigure step by skipping
      packages that do not need immediate action. (LP: #1347721, #1497688)

 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:09:22 -0800

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for apt has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.