Your message dated Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:19:06 +0100
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and subject line Closing assert() related bugs
has caused the Debian Bug report #52087,
regarding dpkg: main/processarc.c:814: process_archive: Assertion
`otherpkg->clientdata->istobe == itb_normal || otherpkg->clientdata->istobe ==
itb_deconfigure' failed.
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Package: lib6-dev (or is it dpkg?)
Version: 2.1.2-10
root@emelia:/sunsite.org.uk/packages/linux/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel#
dpkg -i libc6-dev_2.1.2-10.deb
dpkg: considering removing libstdc++2.9-dev in favour of libc6-dev ...
dpkg: yes, will remove libstdc++2.9-dev in favour of libc6-dev.
dpkg: considering removing libncurses4-dev in favour of libc6-dev ...
dpkg: yes, will remove libncurses4-dev in favour of libc6-dev.
dpkg: considering removing libreadlineg2-dev in favour of libc6-dev ...
libreadlineg2-dev is not properly installed - ignoring any dependencies on it.
dpkg: yes, will remove libreadlineg2-dev in favour of libc6-dev.
(Reading database ... 67214 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.0.7.19981211-6 (using libc6-dev_2.1.2-10.deb)
...
Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
dpkg: /home/wichert/sources/dpkg-1.6.1/main/processarc.c:814: process_archive:
Assertion `otherpkg->clientdata->istobe == itb_normal ||
otherpkg->clientdata->istobe == itb_deconfigure' failed.
Aborted
root@emelia:/sunsite.org.uk/packages/linux/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/devel#
-Ath
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Hi!
So, I'm not a big fan of closing bugs where it's unknown whether they
have been fixed or not. The problem with this set of reports, is that
they are pretty much unactionable. :/
What I've done in dpkg 1.19.1, has been to change all assert()s from the
dpkg codebase into internerr() calls, which means we should be getting
slightly better diagnostics from now on, if any of this ever happen
again.
So by closing these, I'm hoping to close things that have arleady been
fixed, even if accidentally, *and* to prompt any new occurrence to be
filed again as a new report with the additional information.
Thanks,
Guillem
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