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uim package

uim-common hangs in old prerm

Bug #63431 reported by c7d2f5c8667d26fffd5e7772d632c76d on 2006-10-01

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #69020: packaging bugs in uim prevent upgrade to edgy. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	uim (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

dist-upgrading from dapper to edgy stops while running the prerm script of the old uim-common from 1.0.0-1u1 to 1.2.1-3:

--- snip ---
Préparation du remplacement de uim-common 1:1.0.0-1ubuntu1 (en utilisant .../uim-common_1%3a1.2.1-3_all.deb) ...
ERROR: unbound variable (errobj is-set-ugid?)

*backtrace*
>>(is-set-ugid?)
>>(if (is-set-ugid?) (list (string-append (sys-pkglibdir) "/plugin")) (filter string? (append (list (getenv "LIBUIM_PLUGIN_LIB_DIR") (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.uim.d/plugin") (string-append (sys-pkglibdir) "/plugin")) (if (getenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH") (string-split (getenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH") ":") ()))))
>>(define uim-plugin-lib-load-path (if (is-set-ugid?) (list (string-append (sys-pkglibdir) "/plugin")) (filter string? (append (list (getenv "LIBUIM_PLUGIN_LIB_DIR") (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.uim.d/plugin") (string-append (sys-pkglibdir) "/plugin")) (if (getenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH") (string-split (getenv "LD_LIBRARY_PATH") ":") ())))))
>>(require "plugin.scm")
>>(require "init.scm")
>>(*catch (quote errobj) (require "init.scm"))
>>(eq? (quote *init.scm-loaded*) (*catch (quote errobj) (require "init.scm")))

ERROR: unbound variable (errobj custom-reload-customs)

ERROR: unbound variable (errobj custom-choice-rec-sym)

ERROR: unbound variable (errobj plugin-alist)

ERROR: wta to car (errobj t)

[hangs; I pressed ctrl-C here]

dpkg : erreur de traitement de /var/cache/apt/archives/uim-common_1%3a1.2.1-3_all.deb (--unpack) :
dpkg : avertissement - ancien script pre-removal a été tué par le signal (Interruption)
--- snip ---
[the last dpkg message says that the pre-rm script of the old package has been interrupted]
The same error occurs for uim-anthy, uim-canna, uim-m17nlib and uim-skk.

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Jonty (jonnty) wrote on 2006-10-14:

Right, the problem is it wants libuim0, which was in Dapper but has been replaced by something else in Edgy (libuim3, I believe). It seems the prerm script needs this, and as it's been removed, it fails. So, go to /var/lib/dpkg/info/uim-common.prerm, put exit 0 right after the comments (lines beginning with '#'). I haven't had any other problems like you have, but I assume the same applies for those packages, just edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/<package>.prerm instead.

You are now able to remove uim-common (or the other packages) and them apt-get install it again, replacing it with the updated and working version, or replace it by apt-get update-ing it. It will replace the prerm script, so you don't need to edit it back, and I'm guessing, though I can't be sure, not excecuting the prerm script is ok so long as the package is replaced, so do this at you own risk, but it worked fine for me.

Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen) on 2006-10-27

Changed in uim:
status:	Unconfirmed → Confirmed

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kroenecker (mojowings) wrote on 2006-10-29:

This may be what you were talking about, but I noticed that the variable is-set-ugid has been changed to setugid in the new package. For some reason (I'm not enough of a .deb or lisp expert to know exactly why) by taking the usr/share/uim/plugin.scm file from edgy's new .deb file and putting it into /usr/share/uim on my computer, I was able to remove and then upgrade without any difficulty.