dpkg in precise missing pre-dependency on later version of tar than shipped in lucid
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dpkg (Debian) |
Fix Released
|
Unknown
|
|||
| dpkg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Colin Watson | ||
| Precise |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Colin Watson | ||
Bug Description
I am attempting an upgrade from Lucid to Precise.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: plymouth-label 0.8.2-2ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 20 11:43:44 2011
DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/
ErrorMessage: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Latitude C840
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
Socket 1:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
Socket 1:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
SourcePackage: plymouth
TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/
Title: package plymouth-label 0.8.2-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
dmi.bios.date: 08/17/2002
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.name: Latitude C840
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComp
dmi.product.name: Latitude C840
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
Related branches
| Mathilda Young (gtrsdk) wrote | #1 |
| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | plymouth (Ubuntu) → dpkg (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
| importance: | Undecided → High |
| milestone: | none → precise-alpha-1 |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- package plymouth-label 0.8.2-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: - subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 + dpkg in precise missing pre-dependency on later version of tar than + shipped in lucid |
| Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu Precise): | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu Precise): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Changed in dpkg (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → Fix Committed |
| Changed in dpkg (Debian): | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
| Changed in dpkg (Debian): | |
| status: | Fix Released → New |
| Changed in dpkg (Debian): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
This is a missing versioned pre-dependency on tar from dpkg, discussed here:
http://
We need to pick up this pre-dependency early in the cycle, to make sure it really works as expected for our upgrades. (particularly combined with the multiarch question for amd64.)