Your message dated Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:36:49 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1125316: fixed in open-coarrays 2.10.3-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #1125316,
regarding libcoarrays-openmpi-dev: postinst for amd64 fails because it refers
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Package: libcoarrays-openmpi-dev
Version: 2.10.3-2+b1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
User: [email protected]
Usertags: amd64
Hello,
I've encountered an issue while upgrading libcoarrays-openmpi-dev:
[UPGRADE] libcoarrays-openmpi-dev:amd64 2.10.2+ds-4 -> 2.10.3-2+b1
The error is:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Setting up libcoarrays-openmpi-dev:amd64 (2.10.3-2+b1)…
update-alternatives: error: alternative path
/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/open-coarrays/openmpi/bin/caf does not exist
dpkg: error processing package libcoarrays-openmpi-dev:amd64 (--configure):
old libcoarrays-openmpi-dev:amd64 package postinst maintainer script
subprocess failed with exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
libcoarrays-openmpi-dev:amd64
Probably because of a recent [commit], the postinst script for amd64
tries to update alternatives referring to aarch64-linux-gnu.
[commit]:
<https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/open-coarrays/-/commit/1567d62eb3f14ebbac5c21bc8c6759fe6040db3d>
I see:
$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/libcoarrays-openmpi-dev\:amd64.postinst
#!/bin/sh
set -e
# Note two-level system
if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
update-alternatives \
--install /usr/bin/caf.openmpi caf-openmpi
/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/open-coarrays/openmpi/bin/caf 50 \
--slave /usr/bin/cafrun.openmpi cafrun-openmpi
/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/open-coarrays/openmpi/bin/cafrun
update-alternatives \
--install /usr/bin/caf caf /usr/bin/caf.openmpi 50 \
--slave /usr/bin/cafrun cafrun /usr/bin/cafrun.openmpi
fi
Manually modifying ( s/aarch64/x86_64/ ) the script in
'/var/lib/dpkg/info/libcoarrays-openmpi-dev:amd64.postinst'
fixes the issue.
Please investigate what went wrong with the pre-computed DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH
and fix the bug in the Debian package.
Thanks for your time and dedication!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.17.13+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC, TAINT_DIE, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages libcoarrays-openmpi-dev depends on:
ii gfortran [fortran-compiler] 4:15.2.0-4
ii libc6 2.42-7
ii libcaf-openmpi-3t64 2.10.3-2+b1
ii libcoarrays-dev 2.10.3-2+b1
ii libgcc-s1 15.2.0-12
ii libgfortran5 15.2.0-12
ii libopenmpi40 5.0.9-1
ii openmpi-bin 5.0.9-1
libcoarrays-openmpi-dev recommends no packages.
libcoarrays-openmpi-dev suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: open-coarrays
Source-Version: 2.10.3-3
Done: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
open-coarrays, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]> (supplier of updated open-coarrays
package)
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Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:45:57 +0000
Source: open-coarrays
Architecture: source
Version: 2.10.3-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
Closes: 1125316 1125345
Changes:
open-coarrays (2.10.3-3) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Fix autogenerated files cleanup that was breaking pre/postinst
generation. Closes: #1125345, #1125316
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