package galeon-common fails to install if galeon is not installed

Bug #494248 reported by Joseph VanDerStelt
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
galeon (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
galeon (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

:: DESCRIPTION ::
galeon-common doesn't install without the recommended package galeon

:: VERSION ::
galeon-common | 2.0.7-1ubuntu2 | karmic/universe | all
galeon-common | 2.0.7-1ubuntu2 | lucid/universe | all

:: HOW TO REPRODUCE ::
 $ apt-get install --no-install-recommends galeon-common

It fails with the error:
Setting up galeon-common (2.0.7-1ubuntu2) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/galeon doesn't exist.
dpkg: error processing galeon-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

:: WORKAROUND ::
install galeon-common and galeon

Binary package hint: galeon

Upgrade from 9.10 from 9.04

Upgrade failed, I knew I should not have upgraded.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dec 8 18:10:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: galeon-common 2.0.7-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-17.58-generic
SourcePackage: galeon
Title: package galeon-common 2.0.7-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-17-generic x86_64

Revision history for this message
Joseph VanDerStelt (joseph-vanderstelt) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Thanks for your report.

Confirmed in karmic and lucid
galeon-common fails to install if recommended package galeon is not installed.

Changed in galeon (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - package galeon-common 2.0.7-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
+ package galeon-common fails to install if galeon is not installed
description: updated
Changed in galeon (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Committed
Changed in galeon (Debian):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
tags: added: dist-upgrade
Revision history for this message
Vibhav Pant (vibhavp) wrote :

Needs a Sync to Ubuntu since it is fixed in Debian

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

This package has been removed from Ubuntu. Closing all related bugs.

Changed in galeon (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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