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ipvsadm package

installation of ipvsadm is broken : unknown template field, can't dpkg-reconfigure

Bug #1077874 reported by Joris on 2012-11-12

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ipvsadm (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #685577
	ipvsadm (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Medium	Logan Rosen

Bug Description

# apt-get install ipvsadm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
heartbeat keepalived ldirectord
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ipvsadm
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/39.8 kB of archives.
After this operation, 134 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
debconf: Unknown template field '__choices', in stanza #1 of /tmp/ipvsadm.template.94960

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #1 of /tmp/ipvsadm.template.94960

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #2 of /tmp/ipvsadm.template.94960

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #3 of /tmp/ipvsadm.template.94960

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #4 of /tmp/ipvsadm.template.94960

Selecting previously unselected package ipvsadm.
(Reading database ... 188359 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ipvsadm (from .../ipvsadm_1%3a1.26-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up ipvsadm (1:1.26-1ubuntu1) ...
* ipvsadm is not configured to run. Please edit /etc/default/ipvsadm
# dpkg-reconfigure ipvsadm
debconf: Unknown template field '__choices', in stanza #1 of /var/lib/dpkg/info/ipvsadm.templates

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #1 of /var/lib/dpkg/info/ipvsadm.templates

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #2 of /var/lib/dpkg/info/ipvsadm.templates

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #3 of /var/lib/dpkg/info/ipvsadm.templates

debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanza #4 of /var/lib/dpkg/info/ipvsadm.templates

* ipvsadm is not configured to run. Please run dpkg-reconfigure ipvsadm
* ipvsadm is not configured to run. Please edit /etc/default/ipvsadm

# apt-cache policy ipvsadm
ipvsadm:
  Installed: 1:1.26-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:1.26-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 1:1.26-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ipvsadm 1:1.26-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 12 10:47:10 2012
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-06 (5 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: ipvsadm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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lp:~logan/ubuntu/raring/ipvsadm/1.26-2ubuntu1

Merged into lp:ubuntu/raring/ipvsadm at revision 13

Ubuntu branches: Pending requested 2013-03-25

lp:ubuntu/raring-proposed/ipvsadm

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Joris (jorisd) wrote on 2012-11-12:

Dependencies.txt Edit (789 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (106 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Joris (jorisd) wrote on 2012-11-12:

This patch resolves the "Unknown template field" errors. Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain)

Hello,

Here's a patch that fix the "Unknown template field" errors that debconf encounters.

However, dpkg-reconfigure ipvsadm still doesn't work as it just spits out the following output :

# dpkg-reconfigure ipvsadm
* ipvsadm is not configured to run. Please run dpkg-reconfigure ipvsadm
* ipvsadm is not configured to run. Please edit /etc/default/ipvsadm

I'm not sure how to fix it myself.

Best regards,
Joris

description:	updated
description:	updated
tags:	added: ipvsadm

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Joris (jorisd) wrote on 2012-11-12:

This bug is upstream, it affects debian wheezy too.

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Joris (jorisd) wrote on 2012-11-12:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685577

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2012-11-12:

The attachment "This patch resolves the "Unknown template field" errors." of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-reviewers team please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

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added: patch

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Robie Basak (racb) wrote on 2012-11-15:

I've verified that this affects both Raring and sid. I'm not sure that the Debian bug mentioned is exactly this issue, but it does seem likely that the behaviour will change when that gets resolved.

Changed in ipvsadm (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-11-16

Changed in ipvsadm (Debian):
status:	Unknown → New

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Joris (jorisd) wrote on 2012-11-16:

Hello Robie,

In fact, this is the following message from David :
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685577#65

and the answer from Alexander (ipvsadm debian maintainer) :
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685577#70

The truth is ipvsadm is working fine besides those little errors while installing.

Best regards,
Joris

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2013-03-16

Changed in ipvsadm (Debian):
status:	New → Fix Released

Logan Rosen (logan) on 2013-03-25

Changed in ipvsadm (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → In Progress
assignee:	nobody → Logan Rosen (logan)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-03-27:

This bug was fixed in the package ipvsadm - 1:1.26-2ubuntu1

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ipvsadm (1:1.26-2ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable (LP: #1077874). Remaining changes:
    - debian/control:
      + Add Build-Depends on pkg-config.
      + Update Build-Depends libnl3-dev -> libnl-3-dev, libnl-genl-3-dev.
    - debian/patches/99_ubuntu_libnl-3-linking.dpatch: Fix linking (and
      cflags) to properly build against libnl3 now that the modules are split.
-- Logan Rosen <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:40:20 -0400