Control: reassign -1 aptitude Thanks for the feedback, Guillem. Reassigning to aptitude.
Zack, I guess the aptitude maintainers will want to know which aptitude version you are using. Regards, Michael Am 15.02.2016 um 10:48 schrieb Guillem Jover: > Hi! > > On Thu, 2016-02-11 at 00:08:12 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Somehow this looks like an issue in dpkg, if it triggers a package which >> is in an inconsistent state. > > After a very quick look it does not seem to me to be an issue in either > systemd nor dpkg, see below. > >> But maybe we just made a mistake in our use of triggers in systemd: >> >> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-systemd/systemd.git/tree/debian/systemd.triggers >> >> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-systemd/systemd.git/tree/debian/systemd.postinst#n15 > > These look fine. > >> Am 09.02.2016 um 14:12 schrieb Zack Weinberg: >>> Package: systemd >>> Version: 228-6 >>> Severity: normal >>> >>> libpam-systemd, systemd, and libsystemd0 have = dependencies on each >>> other. This invariant can be temporarily violated in the middle of a >>> large upgrade, and AIUI that is normal and to be expected. However, >>> systemd has several dpkg triggers that can fire while the = dependencies >>> are violated, and when this happens, the entire upgrade bombs out. >>> Worse, one of those triggers seems to be armed and immediately fired *by >>> upgrading libsystemd0*, before dpkg has had a chance to upgrade systemd >>> proper, so this is guaranteed to happen any time the systemd packages >>> are upgraded. >>> >>> It's possible to recover by manually installing the new versions of >>> libpam-systemd, systemd, and libsystemd0, but there's got to be some >>> way to make apt do the Right Thing, right? (I don't really understand >>> triggers. I thought they were supposed to postpone work until the *end* >>> of a large upgrade, but they seem to go off all the time in the middle.) >>> >>> Example upgrade transcript: >>> >>> # aptitude safe-upgrade >>> [...] >>> Extracting templates from packages: 100% >>> Preconfiguring packages ... >>> [...snip...] >>> (Reading database ... 289818 files and directories currently installed.) >>> Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64_4.3.5-1_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64 (4.3.5-1) over (4.3.3-7) ... >>> Preparing to unpack .../archives/udev_228-6_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking udev (228-6) over (228-5) ... >>> Preparing to unpack .../libpam-systemd_228-6_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking libpam-systemd:amd64 (228-6) over (228-5) ... >>> Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_228-6_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking libsystemd0:amd64 (228-6) over (228-5) ... >>> Setting up libsystemd0:amd64 (228-6) ... >>> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-7) ... >>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for systemd: >>> systemd depends on libsystemd0 (= 228-5); however: >>> Version of libsystemd0:amd64 on system is 228-6. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing package systemd (--triggers-only): >>> dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed >>> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> systemd >>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > Well it does not seem like aptitude even tried to unpack systemd > itself. And then it was requested via --triggers-only to process > triggers, so any attempt to get the dependencies sorted out will fail. > >>> Failed to perform requested operation on package. Trying to recover: >>> Setting up libquadmath0:amd64 (5.3.1-8) ... >>> Setting up linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64 (4.3.5-1) ... >>> [...snip...] >>> Setting up libobjc4:amd64 (5.3.1-8) ... >>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:amd64: >>> libpam-systemd:amd64 depends on systemd (= 228-6); however: >>> Version of systemd on system is 228-5. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure): >>> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >>> Setting up libx32gcc1 (1:5.3.1-8) ... >>> [...snip...] >>> Setting up udev (228-6) ... >>> addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting. >>> update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) >>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for systemd: >>> systemd depends on libsystemd0 (= 228-5); however: >>> Version of libsystemd0:amd64 on system is 228-6. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure): >>> dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed >>> Setting up libx32asan2 (5.3.1-8) ... >>> [..snip...] >>> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-7) ... >>> Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122) ... >>> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-1-amd64 >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> libpam-systemd:amd64 >>> systemd >>> Press Return to continue. >>> >>> # aptitude safe-upgrade >>> Performing actions... >>> Reading changelogs... Done >>> Extracting templates from packages: 100% >>> Preconfiguring packages ... >>> (Reading database ... 289818 files and directories currently installed.) >>> Preparing to unpack .../acl_2.2.52-3_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking acl (2.2.52-3) over (2.2.52-2) ... >>> Preparing to unpack .../libacl1_2.2.52-3_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking libacl1:amd64 (2.2.52-3) over (2.2.52-2) ... >>> Setting up libacl1:amd64 (2.2.52-3) ... >>> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-7) ... >>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for systemd: >>> systemd depends on libsystemd0 (= 228-5); however: >>> Version of libsystemd0:amd64 on system is 228-6. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing package systemd (--triggers-only): >>> dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed >>> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> systemd >>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >>> Failed to perform requested operation on package. Trying to recover: >>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:amd64: >>> libpam-systemd:amd64 depends on systemd (= 228-6); however: >>> Version of systemd on system is 228-5. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure): >>> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for systemd: >>> systemd depends on libsystemd0 (= 228-5); however: >>> Version of libsystemd0:amd64 on system is 228-6. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure): >>> dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed >>> Setting up acl (2.2.52-3) ... >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> libpam-systemd:amd64 >>> systemd >>> Press Return to continue. >>> >>> # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*systemd*_228-6_amd64.deb >>> (Reading database ... 289815 files and directories currently installed.) >>> Preparing to unpack .../libpam-systemd_228-6_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking libpam-systemd:amd64 (228-6) over (228-6) ... >>> Preparing to unpack .../libsystemd0_228-6_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking libsystemd0:amd64 (228-6) over (228-6) ... >>> Preparing to unpack .../systemd_228-6_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking systemd (228-6) over (228-5) ... >>> Preparing to unpack .../systemd-sysv_228-6_amd64.deb ... >>> Unpacking systemd-sysv (228-6) over (228-5) ... >>> Setting up libsystemd0:amd64 (228-6) ... >>> Setting up systemd (228-6) ... >>> addgroup: The group `systemd-journal' already exists as a system group. >>> Exiting. >>> Setting up systemd-sysv (228-6) ... >>> Setting up libpam-systemd:amd64 (228-6) ... >>> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... >>> Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1) ... >>> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-7) ... > > Right, as long as systemd is not unpacked no further progress can be > made, but that's not something that dpkg controls, it's how it gets > invoked by the frontend. > > Thanks, > Guillem > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-systemd-maintainers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-systemd-maintainers > -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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