When installing Multi-Arch: same (meta-)package for two architectures, dpkg considers one arch as completely disappeared
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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dpkg (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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dpkg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Oneiric |
Fix Released
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High
|
Steve Langasek | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
taglib (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Martin Pitt | ||
Oneiric |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Precise |
Fix Released
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High
|
Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
As documented in the release notes for 12.04, users of 11.10 64-bit need to upgrade apt and dpkg to the versions on oneiric-updates before upgrading to 12.04.
If you did not install the dpkg update prior to upgrade and have hit this bug as a result, you will need to manually recover by running the following commands from a terminal:
find /var/cache/
-name 'odbcinst_*.deb' -name 'libccid_*.deb' -name 'libao-
sudo apt-get -f install
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: python-papyon 0.5.6-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-3-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 10 22:08:20 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64+mac (20110901)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: papyon
Title: package python-papyon 0.5.6-1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-12-10 (0 days ago)
WORKAROUND:
Run:
$ dpkg -i /var/cache/
Changed in gst-plugins-good0.10 (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | nobody → Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) |
tags: | added: rls-mgr-p-tracking |
tags: |
added: rls-p-tracking removed: rls-mgr-p-tracking |
summary: |
- oneiric to precise - gstreamer0.10-plugins-good failed to configure due - to dependency on libtag1c2a + When installing Multi-Arch: same (meta-)package for two architectures, + dpkg considers one arch as completely disappeared |
Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu Precise): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in dpkg (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in dpkg (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu Oneiric): | |
assignee: | Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) → Steve Langasek (vorlon) |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: bugpattern-written |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Thanks for your report.
From the log here is the cause of the failure: 10-plugins- good: 10-plugins- good depends on libtag1c2a (>= 1.5); however: 10-plugins- good (--configure):
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gstreamer0.
gstreamer0.
Package libtag1c2a is not installed.
dpkg: error processing gstreamer0.
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
And the lines related to libtag1c2a
Preparing to replace libtag1c2a 1.7-1 (using .../libtag1c2a_ 1.7-1ubuntu1_ amd64.deb) ... 1.7-1ubuntu1_ i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libtag1c2a ...
Selecting previously deselected package libtag1c2a:i386.
Unpacking libtag1c2a:i386 (from .../libtag1c2a_
[...]
(Noting disappearance of libtag1c2a, which has been completely replaced.)