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package firefox 3.6.14 build1 nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to upgrade: the subprocess old script of post-installation returned the error status 2

Bug #707704 reported by dardo25
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firefox (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

the upgrade from firefox 3.6.13 to 3.6.14 didn't succed because the default command (in the main menu) to start firefox is
/user/bin/firefox meanwhile the executable (in the last releases of firefox) is /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.xx/firefox.sh.
The problem is solved creating a link from /usr/bin/firefox to the executable in /user/lib/.......

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.14+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-28.55-generic 2.6.32.27+drm33.12
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-28-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: i386
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Mon Jan 24 23:25:15 2011
ErrorMessage: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 2
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.14+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.14+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-branding 3.6.14+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
SourcePackage: firefox
ThirdParty: True
Title: package firefox 3.6.14+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 2

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dardo25 (sovranom) wrote :
summary: package firefox 3.6.14 build1 nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to
upgrade: the subprocess old script of post-installation returned the
- error status 2stallation retur
+ error status 2stallation
summary: package firefox 3.6.14 build1 nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to
upgrade: the subprocess old script of post-installation returned the
- error status 2stallation
+ error status 2
Revision history for this message
Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote :

This isn't an Ubuntu bug, your install has been broken by using Ubuntuzilla in the past, which diverted /usr/bin/firefox away. Please report your bug to them instead, we can't do anything about third party packages breaking your system

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 4.0~b12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

---------------
firefox (4.0~b12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * Fix some typos in the manpage
    - update debian/firefox.1.in
  * Fix up the mess left by Ubuntuzilla rather than leaving our official
    package in a broken and inconsistent state, which ends up with users
    reporting bugs to Launchpad and giving us a bad reputation. If
    /usr/bin/firefox has been diverted and there is no /usr/bin/firefox
    provided on the system, just do the job of whatever package it was that
    broke the users install and remove the diversion for them. This should
    hopefully stop the frequently reported bugs we get from Ubuntuzilla users
    about /usr/bin/firefox being missing
    - update debian/firefox.postinst.in
    - Fixes LP: #512937, LP: #529136, LP: #552919, LP: #572733, LP: #574111,
      LP: #599978, LP: #600271, LP: #610522, LP: #610756, LP: #610907,
      LP: #612162, LP: #620400, LP: #623980, LP: #625014, LP: #630643,
      LP: #635166, LP: #638342, LP: #641838, LP: #658828, LP: #668809,
      LP: #672282, LP: #676239, LP: #707704, LP: #724090
  * Don't allow users to report bugs with apport-bug when /usr/bin/firefox
    has been diverted
    - update debian/firefox.py.in
  * Don't build with --disable-elfhack on armel. It's been fixed now
    - update debian/rules
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:54:59 +0000

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Fix Released
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