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package update-manager 1:0.78 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmpW870ZG/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Bug #146756 reported by pe3k on 2007-09-29

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	udev (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

Fails when upgrading from Feisty to Gutsy.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 29 14:39:51 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmpW870ZG/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Package: update-manager 1:0.78
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.78 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /tmp/tmpW870ZG/backports/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux qyx 2.6.20-16-generic #2 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:31:23 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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pe3k (qyx) wrote on 2007-09-29:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (6.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2007-10-01:

#2

Thanks for your bugreport. Please attach the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/* to this report. Thanks, Michael

Changed in update-manager:
status:	New → Incomplete

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pe3k (qyx) wrote on 2007-10-01:

#3

apt.log Edit (340.7 KiB, text/plain)

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pe3k (qyx) wrote on 2007-10-01:

#4

main.log Edit (66.4 KiB, text/plain)

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pe3k (qyx) wrote on 2007-10-01:

#5

main_pre_req.log Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain)

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pe3k (qyx) wrote on 2007-10-01:

#6

term.log Edit (329.3 KiB, text/html)

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2007-10-09:

#7

Here is what caused the error:

Setting up volumeid (113-0ubuntu13) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/volumeid.postinst: 56: Syntax error: ")" unexpected (expecting ";;")
dpkg: error processing volumeid (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Changed in update-manager:
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2007-10-09:

#8

udev (113-0ubuntu14) gutsy; urgency=low

* Fix volumeid.postinst. Missing ;; in a couple of places.

-- <email address hidden> (Fabio M. Di Nitto) Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:57:45 +0200

Changed in udev:
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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