stone failed to install : incorrect use of command substitution in postinst
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stone (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| stone (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
|
Jean-Baptiste Lallement | ||
Bug Description
Package failed to install with exit status 1
== HOW TO REPRODUCE ==
$ apt-get install stone
Fails with the following message
Setting up stone (2.3.e-1ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing stone (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
stone
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up stone (2.3.e-1ubuntu1) ...
You already have /etc/certs/
== VERSION ==
Reproduced with
stone | 2.3.e-1ubuntu1 | karmic/universe | source, amd64, i386
stone | 2.3.e-1.1 | lucid/universe | source, amd64, i386
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 11 14:05:22 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: sub-processo script post-installation instalado retornou estado de saída de erro 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: stone 2.3.e-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: stone
Title: package stone 2.3.e-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: sub-processo script post-installation instalado retornou estado de saída de erro 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
Related branches
| marciowillians (marciowillians) wrote | #1 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in stone (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| summary: |
- package stone 2.3.e-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: sub-processo - script post-installation instalado retornou estado de sa?da de erro 1 + stone failed to install : bashism in postinst |
| Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote | #3 |
| summary: |
- stone failed to install : bashism in postinst + stone failed to install : incorrect use of command substitution in + postinst |
| Changed in stone (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) |
| status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
| Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote | #4 |
| Changed in stone (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Confirmed |
| description: | updated |
| StefanPotyra (sistpoty) wrote | #5 |
| StefanPotyra (sistpoty) wrote | #6 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #7 |
| Changed in stone (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in stone (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
Thanks for your report.
This is due to the postinst script using bash syntax but being with /bin/sh (dash)
To workaround this open a terminal and run the following commands:
$ sudo rm /etc/ssl/
$ sudo bash -x /var/lib/
Don't hesitate to submit any new bug.