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ubuntustudio-menu package

package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Bug #293487 reported by zambon on 2008-11-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #276503: package ubuntustudio-menu 0.10 failed to install/upgrade: there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubuntustudio-menu (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Errors were encountered while processing:
ubuntustudio-menu
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()
IOError: [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()
IOError: [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()
IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.32
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.32 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic x86_64

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zambon (henrique-zambon) wrote on 2008-11-04:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (6.3 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (67.2 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (12.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (72.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2008-11-04:

Thanks for your report.

The error that causes the failure is:
=====
Preparing to replace ubuntustudio-menu 0.9 (using .../ubuntustudio-menu_0.11_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement ubuntustudio-menu ...
Removing `diversion of /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu to /etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu.orig by ubuntustudio-menu'
dpkg-divert: rename involves overwriting `/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu' with
different file `/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu.orig', not allowed
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ubuntustudio-menu_0.11_all.deb (--unpack):
there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
=====

affecting to ubuntustudio-menu

This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 276503, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.