Bug#771417: bogus dpkg error, now endless loop on dbus configuration
Package: dpkg Version: 1.17.22 Severity: grave Hello, today I tried to dist-upgrade my system (sid) starting from a package state of a couple of weeks ago. First apt reported a failed dpkg right in the middle of the upgrade process without displaying any visible error messages. Now when I run apt-get -f install or attempt to install some missing package explicitly, it ends up in a loop where dpkg runs maintainer scripts on dbus without end. Here is dpkg.log and some console output: 2014-11-29 11:23:24 startup archives unpack 2014-11-29 11:23:28 upgrade debianutils:amd64 4.4 4.4+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:28 status half-configured debianutils:amd64 4.4 2014-11-29 11:23:28 status unpacked debianutils:amd64 4.4 2014-11-29 11:23:28 status half-installed debianutils:amd64 4.4 2014-11-29 11:23:28 status triggers-pending man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:28 status half-installed debianutils:amd64 4.4 2014-11-29 11:23:28 status unpacked debianutils:amd64 4.4+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:28 status unpacked debianutils:amd64 4.4+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:28 trigproc man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:28 status half-configured man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:31 status installed man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:32 startup packages configure 2014-11-29 11:23:32 configure debianutils:amd64 4.4+b1 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:32 status unpacked debianutils:amd64 4.4+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:32 status half-configured debianutils:amd64 4.4+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:32 status installed debianutils:amd64 4.4+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:32 startup archives unpack 2014-11-29 11:23:33 upgrade bash:amd64 4.3-11 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:33 status half-configured bash:amd64 4.3-11 2014-11-29 11:23:33 status unpacked bash:amd64 4.3-11 2014-11-29 11:23:33 status half-installed bash:amd64 4.3-11 2014-11-29 11:23:33 status triggers-pending menu:amd64 2.1.47 2014-11-29 11:23:33 status half-installed bash:amd64 4.3-11 2014-11-29 11:23:33 status triggers-pending install-info:amd64 5.2.0.dfsg.1-5 2014-11-29 11:23:33 status triggers-pending man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:34 status half-installed bash:amd64 4.3-11 2014-11-29 11:23:34 status triggers-awaited menu:amd64 2.1.47 2014-11-29 11:23:34 status unpacked bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:34 status unpacked bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:34 trigproc menu:amd64 2.1.47 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:34 status half-configured menu:amd64 2.1.47 2014-11-29 11:23:36 status installed menu:amd64 2.1.47 2014-11-29 11:23:36 trigproc install-info:amd64 5.2.0.dfsg.1-5 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:36 status half-configured install-info:amd64 5.2.0.dfsg.1-5 2014-11-29 11:23:38 status installed install-info:amd64 5.2.0.dfsg.1-5 2014-11-29 11:23:38 trigproc man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:38 status half-configured man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:39 status installed man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:40 startup packages configure 2014-11-29 11:23:40 configure bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status unpacked bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status unpacked bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status unpacked bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status unpacked bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status unpacked bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status half-configured bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status installed bash:amd64 4.3-11+b1 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status triggers-pending menu:amd64 2.1.47 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status triggers-awaited menu:amd64 2.1.47 2014-11-29 11:23:40 trigproc menu:amd64 2.1.47 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:40 status half-configured menu:amd64 2.1.47 2014-11-29 11:23:42 status installed menu:amd64 2.1.47 2014-11-29 11:23:43 startup archives unpack 2014-11-29 11:23:44 upgrade bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-2 1:2.25.2-3 2014-11-29 11:23:44 status half-configured bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:44 status unpacked bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:44 status half-installed bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:44 status triggers-pending man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:44 status half-installed bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:44 status unpacked bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-3 2014-11-29 11:23:44 status unpacked bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-3 2014-11-29 11:23:44 trigproc man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:44 status half-configured man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:45 status installed man-db:amd64 2.7.0.2-2 2014-11-29 11:23:46 startup packages configure 2014-11-29 11:23:46 configure bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-3 keine 2014-11-29 11:23:46 status unpacked bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-3 2014-11-29 11:23:46 status half-configured bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-3 2014-11-29 11:23:46 status installed bsdutils:amd64 1:2.25.2-3 2014-11-29 11:23:46 startup archives unpack 2014-11-29 11:23:47 upgrade libc-dev-bin:amd64 2.19-12 2.19-13 2014-11-29 11:23:47 status half-configured libc-dev-bin:amd64 2.19-12 2014-11-29 11:23:47 status unpacked libc-dev-bin:amd64 2.19-12 2014-11-29 11:23:47 status
Bug#771417: bogus dpkg error, now endless loop on dbus configuration
Could this just be related to bug 771290 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771290? Because holding off on installing gnome-bluetooth, which would have caused me to trigger that bug, made it so that I didn't encounter this bug, and dpkg appears to work just fine. To me, it just sounds like that update broke dbus, which in turn broke dpkg, and because of that, dpkg is not what's causing the problem here. Just my two cents, in any case.
