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--- Begin Message ---Package: dictionaries-common Version: 1.20.4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, * What led up to the situation? Normal updates for Testing * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? Upgraded packages via Synaptic * What was the outcome of this action? E: dictionaries-common: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Errors were encountered while processing: dictionaries-common E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up dictionaries-common (1.20.4) ... update-default-wordlist: Question empty but elements installed for class "wordlist" dictionaries-common/default-wordlist: return code: "0", value: "" Choices: , Manual symlink setting shared/packages-wordlist: return code: "10" owners/error: "shared/packages-wordlist doesn't exist" Installed elements: american (American English) Please see "/usr/share/doc/dictionaries-common/README.problems", section "Debconf database corruption" for recovery info. update-default-wordlist: Selected wordlist "" does not correspond to any installed package in the system and no alternative wordlist could be selected. dpkg: error processing dictionaries-common (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Errors were encountered while processing: dictionaries-common ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Referred to /usr/share/doc/dictionaries-common/README.problems and ran /usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl Attempted reinstall: root@antwerp:~# apt-get install --reinstall dictionaries-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. E: Internal Error, No file name for dictionaries-common:amd64 Output from diffs requested in the docs: $ diff -u /var/cache/debconf/config.dat{-old,} | grep ^[+-]Name +Name: adduser/homedir-permission +Name: adduser/title +Name: analog/anlgform +Name: apt-listchanges/confirm +Name: apt-listchanges/email-address +Name: apt-listchanges/frontend +Name: apt-listchanges/save-seen +Name: apt-listchanges/which +Name: ca-certificates/enable_crts +Name: ca-certificates/new_crts +Name: ca-certificates/title +Name: ca-certificates/trust_new_crts +Name: dash/sh +Name: discover/install_hw_packages +Name: foomatic-filters/config_parsed +Name: foomatic-filters/custom_textfilter +Name: foomatic-filters/filter_debug +Name: foomatic-filters/ps_accounting +Name: foomatic-filters/spooler +Name: foomatic-filters/textfilter +Name: foomatic-filters/title +Name: gnumeric/existing-process +Name: gnumeric/existing-process-title +Name: grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst +Name: grub-pc/disk_description +Name: grub-pc/install_devices +Name: grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed +Name: grub-pc/install_devices_empty +Name: grub-pc/install_devices_failed +Name: grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade +Name: grub-pc/kopt_extracted +Name: grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2 +Name: grub-pc/partition_description +Name: grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub +Name: grub2/device_map_regenerated +Name: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline +Name: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default +Name: grub2/linux_cmdline +Name: grub2/linux_cmdline_default +Name: hddtemp/SUID_bit +Name: hddtemp/daemon +Name: hddtemp/interface +Name: hddtemp/port +Name: hddtemp/syslog +Name: iamerican/languages +Name: ibritish/languages +Name: libpam-modules/disable-screensaver +Name: libpam0g/restart-failed +Name: libpam0g/restart-services +Name: libpam0g/xdm-needs-restart +Name: libpaper/defaultpaper +Name: linux-base/disk-id-convert-auto +Name: linux-base/disk-id-convert-plan +Name: linux-base/disk-id-convert-plan-no-relabel +Name: linux-base/disk-id-manual +Name: linux-base/disk-id-manual-boot-loader +Name: linux-base/disk-id-update-failed +Name: linux-base/do-bootloader-default-changed +Name: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-3.10-3-amd64 +Name: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64/postinst/ignoring-ramdisk +Name: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64/postinst/missing-firmware-3.10-3-amd64 +Name: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-3.10-3-amd64 +Name: lsb/shadowconfig +Name: make-ssl-cert/altname +Name: make-ssl-cert/hostname +Name: make-ssl-cert/title +Name: make-ssl-cert/vulnerable_prng +Name: motion/moved_conf_dir +Name: msttcorefonts/baddldir +Name: msttcorefonts/dldir +Name: msttcorefonts/dlurl +Name: msttcorefonts/http_proxy +Name: msttcorefonts/savedir +Name: mysql-server-5.5/nis_warning +Name: mysql-server-5.5/postrm_remove_databases +Name: mysql-server-5.5/really_downgrade +Name: mysql-server-5.5/start_on_boot +Name: mysql-server/error_setting_password +Name: mysql-server/no_upgrade_when_using_ndb +Name: mysql-server/password_mismatch +Name: ntfs-3g/initramfs +Name: ntfs-3g/setuid-root +Name: popularity-contest/participate +Name: popularity-contest/submiturls +Name: postfix/bad_recipient_delimiter +Name: postfix/chattr +Name: postfix/destinations +Name: postfix/kernel_version_warning +Name: postfix/mailbox_limit +Name: postfix/mailname +Name: postfix/main_mailer_type +Name: postfix/mydomain_warning +Name: postfix/mynetworks +Name: postfix/not_configured +Name: postfix/procmail +Name: postfix/protocols +Name: postfix/recipient_delim +Name: postfix/relay_restrictions_warning +Name: postfix/relayhost +Name: postfix/retry_upgrade_warning +Name: postfix/rfc1035_violation +Name: postfix/root_address +Name: postfix/sqlite_warning +Name: postfix/tlsmgr_upgrade_warning +Name: rkhunter/apt_autogen +Name: rkhunter/cron_daily_run +Name: rkhunter/cron_db_update +Name: sane-utils/saned_run +Name: sane-utils/saned_scanner_group +Name: shared/packages-ispell +Name: shared/packages-wordlist +Name: sysv-rc/unable-to-convert +Name: tzdata/Areas +Name: tzdata/Zones/Africa +Name: tzdata/Zones/America +Name: tzdata/Zones/Antarctica +Name: tzdata/Zones/Arctic +Name: tzdata/Zones/Asia +Name: tzdata/Zones/Atlantic +Name: tzdata/Zones/Australia +Name: tzdata/Zones/Etc +Name: tzdata/Zones/Europe +Name: tzdata/Zones/Indian +Name: tzdata/Zones/Pacific +Name: tzdata/Zones/SystemV +Name: tzdata/Zones/US +Name: udev/new_kernel_needed +Name: udev/reboot_needed +Name: udev/sysfs_deprecated_incompatibility +Name: udev/title/upgrade +Name: unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates +Name: update-inetd/ask-disable-entries +Name: update-inetd/ask-entry-present +Name: update-inetd/ask-remove-entries +Name: update-inetd/ask-several-entries +Name: update-inetd/title +Name: util-linux/noauto-with-nonzero-passnum +Name: wamerican/languages +Name: x11-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users +Name: x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users $ diff -u /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat{-old,} | grep ^[+-]Name +Name: adduser/homedir-permission +Name: adduser/title +Name: analog/anlgform +Name: apt-listchanges/confirm +Name: apt-listchanges/email-address +Name: apt-listchanges/frontend +Name: apt-listchanges/save-seen +Name: apt-listchanges/which +Name: ca-certificates/enable_crts +Name: ca-certificates/new_crts +Name: ca-certificates/title +Name: ca-certificates/trust_new_crts +Name: dash/sh +Name: discover/install_hw_packages +Name: foomatic-filters/config_parsed +Name: foomatic-filters/custom_textfilter +Name: foomatic-filters/filter_debug +Name: foomatic-filters/ps_accounting +Name: foomatic-filters/spooler +Name: foomatic-filters/textfilter +Name: foomatic-filters/title +Name: gnumeric/existing-process +Name: gnumeric/existing-process-title +Name: grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst +Name: grub-pc/disk_description +Name: grub-pc/install_devices +Name: grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed +Name: grub-pc/install_devices_empty +Name: grub-pc/install_devices_failed +Name: grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade +Name: grub-pc/kopt_extracted +Name: grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2 +Name: grub-pc/partition_description +Name: grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub +Name: grub2/device_map_regenerated +Name: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline +Name: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default +Name: grub2/linux_cmdline +Name: grub2/linux_cmdline_default +Name: hddtemp/SUID_bit +Name: hddtemp/daemon +Name: hddtemp/interface +Name: hddtemp/port +Name: hddtemp/syslog +Name: iamerican/languages +Name: ibritish/languages +Name: libpam-modules/disable-screensaver +Name: libpam0g/restart-failed +Name: libpam0g/restart-services +Name: libpam0g/xdm-needs-restart +Name: libpaper/defaultpaper +Name: linux-base/disk-id-convert-auto +Name: linux-base/disk-id-convert-plan +Name: linux-base/disk-id-convert-plan-no-relabel +Name: linux-base/disk-id-manual +Name: linux-base/disk-id-manual-boot-loader +Name: linux-base/disk-id-update-failed +Name: linux-base/do-bootloader-default-changed +Name: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-3.10-3-am d64 +Name: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64/postinst/ignoring-ramdisk +Name: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64/postinst/missing-firmware-3.10-3-amd64 +Name: linux-image-3.10-3-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-3.10-3-a md64 +Name: lsb/shadowconfig +Name: make-ssl-cert/altname +Name: make-ssl-cert/hostname +Name: make-ssl-cert/title +Name: make-ssl-cert/vulnerable_prng +Name: motion/moved_conf_dir +Name: msttcorefonts/baddldir +Name: msttcorefonts/dldir +Name: msttcorefonts/dlurl +Name: msttcorefonts/http_proxy +Name: msttcorefonts/savedir +Name: mysql-server-5.5/nis_warning +Name: mysql-server-5.5/postrm_remove_databases +Name: mysql-server-5.5/really_downgrade +Name: mysql-server-5.5/start_on_boot +Name: mysql-server/error_setting_password +Name: mysql-server/no_upgrade_when_using_ndb +Name: mysql-server/password_mismatch +Name: mysql-server/root_password +Name: mysql-server/root_password_again +Name: ntfs-3g/initramfs +Name: ntfs-3g/setuid-root +Name: popularity-contest/participate +Name: popularity-contest/submiturls +Name: postfix/bad_recipient_delimiter +Name: postfix/chattr +Name: postfix/destinations +Name: postfix/kernel_version_warning +Name: postfix/mailbox_limit +Name: postfix/mailname +Name: postfix/main_mailer_type +Name: postfix/mydomain_warning +Name: postfix/mynetworks +Name: postfix/not_configured +Name: postfix/procmail +Name: postfix/protocols +Name: postfix/recipient_delim +Name: postfix/relay_restrictions_warning +Name: postfix/relayhost +Name: postfix/retry_upgrade_warning +Name: postfix/rfc1035_violation +Name: postfix/root_address +Name: postfix/sqlite_warning +Name: postfix/tlsmgr_upgrade_warning +Name: rkhunter/apt_autogen +Name: rkhunter/cron_daily_run +Name: rkhunter/cron_db_update +Name: sane-utils/saned_run +Name: sane-utils/saned_scanner_group +Name: shared/packages-ispell +Name: shared/packages-wordlist +Name: sysv-rc/unable-to-convert +Name: tzdata/Areas +Name: tzdata/Zones/Africa +Name: tzdata/Zones/America +Name: tzdata/Zones/Antarctica +Name: tzdata/Zones/Arctic +Name: tzdata/Zones/Asia +Name: tzdata/Zones/Atlantic +Name: tzdata/Zones/Australia +Name: tzdata/Zones/Etc +Name: tzdata/Zones/Europe +Name: tzdata/Zones/Indian +Name: tzdata/Zones/Pacific +Name: tzdata/Zones/SystemV +Name: tzdata/Zones/US +Name: udev/new_kernel_needed +Name: udev/reboot_needed +Name: udev/sysfs_deprecated_incompatibility +Name: udev/title/upgrade +Name: unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates +Name: update-inetd/ask-disable-entries +Name: update-inetd/ask-entry-present +Name: update-inetd/ask-remove-entries +Name: update-inetd/ask-several-entries +Name: update-inetd/title +Name: util-linux/noauto-with-nonzero-passnum +Name: wamerican/languages +Name: x11-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users +Name: x11-common/xwrapper/allowed_users -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dictionaries-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.52 ii libtext-iconv-perl 1.7-5+b1 dictionaries-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages dictionaries-common suggests: pn emacsen-common <none> ii ispell 3.3.02-6 pn jed-extra <none> -- debconf information: dictionaries-common/selecting_ispell_wordlist_default: dictionaries-common/remove_old_usr_dict_link: false dictionaries-common/old_wordlist_link: true dictionaries-common/ispell-autobuildhash-message: dictionaries-common/default-wordlist: dictionaries-common/invalid_debconf_value: dictionaries-common/move_old_usr_dict: true dictionaries-common/default-ispell:
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--- Begin Message ---On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:02:05AM +0000, Tony Green wrote: > On 10/12/13 10:19, Agustin Martin wrote: > [...] > > This seems an apt-get error, dictionaries-common is arch:all. It is not > > explicitly declared as multiarch:foreign, but that should cause no problems. > > Actually, > > > > # apt-get install --reinstall dictionaries-common > > > > works well here. May be more than just debconf database got corrupted. Does > > > > # apt-get update > > > > being run before "apt-get install" helps? > > Hi Agustin, > > Thanks for the quick response. > > apt-get update makes no difference. > > However, taking a clue from your comments about debconf, I tried doing a > reinstall on debconf, which has solved the problem, so evidently that > was where the problem came from. Hi, Thanks for the feedback. Closing the bug report. > Many thanks for your help, and apologies for wasting your time on a > problem that wasn't your package. No problem. At a first glance it is not evident that this is not a problem with dictionaries-common; as a matter of fact Ubuntu launchpad still has a lot of very similar bug reports. Agustin -- ===================================================================== Agustin Martin Domingo, Dpto. de Fisica, ETS Arquitectura Madrid, (U. Politecnica de Madrid) tel: +34 91-336-6536, Fax: +34 91-336-6554, email:[email protected], http://www.aq.upm.es/agmartin
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