IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory in File "/usr/sbin/update-gconf-defaults", line 118, in <module> read_entries(realname)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gconf (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
unable to upgrade
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
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), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.34
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.34 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), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1), E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-23-generic i686
| RobSolisRob (rsolis) wrote | #1 |
| rww (rww-deactivatedaccount) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in update-manager: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| tags: | added: dist-upgrade |
It looks like a failed dist-upgrade opened 14 different bugs in different packages with the same problem. This one appears to have the most complete set of log files, so I've marked them all duplicates of this one. The actual error here appears to be this message, from VarLogDistupgra
Unpacking replacement libgnome2-common ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/
read_
File "/usr/sbin/
for line in file(filename):
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory
86.deb) ...
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1