[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
The error propagation is most likely fixed in 0.98, LP: #1632361 , while u-u can't do much when dpkg fails. The next u-u run will try to recover from the broken state. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
Hello. Seen a crash report window appear on Ubuntu 16.04, mentioning DuplicateOf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 . Also received the "unattended-upgrade" mail as usual. It said: > Écriture du journal de dpkg dans « > /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg.log » > Échec de l'installation des mises à niveau ! > message d'erreur : « installArchives() failed » > Dpkg a retourné une erreur ! Voir « > /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg.log » pour les détails Besides, /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg.log was > Log started: 2017-09-02 06:34:22 > Error in function: install > Log ended: 2017-09-02 06:34:22 > > Log started: 2017-09-04 06:08:45 > Error in function: install > Log ended: 2017-09-04 06:08:45 So, no real clue here either. Seen comment #24. Hard to open a new bug with so few information. Perhaps the *real* bug is that code paths don't propagate errors with enough details to allow proper tracing of what happends when things fail? My 2 cents. :-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
Closing this. If you experience a crash in unattended-upgrades please follow the instructions in comment #17 and report a new bug. ** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Tags removed: raring trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
** Tags added: trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
Got matching issue because of /usr full on an old unattended precise setup that was trying to upgrade firefox. Almost-interesting part of dpkg log just in case: Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/firefox_32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/thunderbird_1%3a31.1.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.de b Error in function: close failed in file object destructor: IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py, line 89, in apport_excepthook pr = apport.report.Report() AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'report' Original exception was: IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor close failed in file object destructor: IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
FWIW, I got this issue this morning when I logged into my desktop. In my case the problem was that installing a new kernel failed because there wasn't enough space in /boot (I have a really tiny /boot and this happens whenever I forget to purge old kernels). Hope this helps! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
Filed a new bug report based on #17's response. Can be found here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended- upgrades/+bug/1323593 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
Just happened to me on trusty, installed yesterday. Looking at my unattended-upgrades-dpkg log, it was immediately clear that in my case it had nothing to do with unattended-upgrades itself. There was a minor problem with the configuration options of one of the programs that got invoked through the scriptlets in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/. This caused that program (git, if you have to know) to exit with an error. The error travelled up the call chain, finally arriving at unattended-upgrades which gets the blame. I guess that most of the people commenting here are experiencing something similar: unattended-upgrades getting blamed for an error condition that happens somewhere completely else. Please look at the unattended-upgrades-dpkg log before blaming unattended-upgrades. Re #14, looks like some other process grabbed the lock sometime before unattended-upgrades got to call dpkg (via apt?). It could perhaps be somewhat cleverer about that but if dpkg cannot do its work, there's not much unattended-upgrades can do about that than complain and exit with an error status. In case of a lock, it could reschedule itself or wait until the lock becomes available. Re #11, could be a botched PATH when run from cron. Writing this up, I get the impression that apport is being (ab?)used to report cron jobs that exited unsuccessfully. In the not-so-old days, I would have expected something like this in the mail. Not a popup inviting me to send a crash report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052360 Title: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1052360/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1052360] Re: unattended-upgrade crashed with SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) for an unknown reason
I am seeing this error just after logging into the desktop. It's fairly consistent. The Crash Report says it's a duplicate of this bug and as requested in comment #17 I'm pasting in the log file; unifex@shipnet:~$ cat /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log 2014-03-02 07:45:46,181 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-02 07:45:46,182 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-02 07:45:46,182 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-02 07:45:51,652 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended 2014-03-03 08:05:33,897 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-03 08:05:33,897 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-03 08:05:33,897 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-03 08:05:36,136 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended 2014-03-04 07:50:56,392 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-04 07:50:56,393 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-04 07:50:56,393 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-04 07:51:12,370 INFO Packages that will be upgraded: libapache2-mod-php5 libpython2.7 libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libpython3.3 libpython3.3-minimal libpython3.3-stdlib php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-curl php5-gd php5-pgsql php5-readline php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl python2.7 python2.7-minimal python3.3 python3.3-minimal 2014-03-04 07:51:12,371 INFO Writing dpkg log to '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2014-03-04_07:51:12.371119.log' 2014-03-04 07:51:33,340 INFO All upgrades installed 2014-03-05 07:38:57,599 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-05 07:38:57,600 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-05 07:38:57,600 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-05 07:39:01,022 INFO Packages that will be upgraded: libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls26 2014-03-05 07:39:01,023 INFO Writing dpkg log to '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2014-03-05_07:39:01.022910.log' 2014-03-05 07:39:02,914 INFO All upgrades installed 2014-03-06 07:40:42,826 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-06 07:40:42,826 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-06 07:40:42,827 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-06 07:40:44,952 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended 2014-03-07 08:04:19,711 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-07 08:04:19,712 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-07 08:04:19,712 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-07 08:04:26,248 INFO Packages that will be upgraded: icedtea-6-plugin icedtea-netx icedtea-netx-common linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev 2014-03-07 08:04:26,248 INFO Writing dpkg log to '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2014-03-07_08:04:26.248516.log' 2014-03-07 08:05:58,466 ERROR Installing the upgrades failed! 2014-03-07 08:05:58,467 ERROR error message: 'installArchives() failed' 2014-03-07 08:05:58,467 ERROR dpkg returned a error! See '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2014-03-07_08:04:26.248516.log' for details 2014-03-08 07:47:33,188 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-08 07:47:33,189 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-08 07:47:33,189 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-08 07:47:38,452 INFO Packages that will be upgraded: imagemagick imagemagick-common libmagickcore5 libmagickcore5-extra libmagickwand5 2014-03-08 07:47:38,452 INFO Writing dpkg log to '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2014-03-08_07:47:38.452426.log' 2014-03-08 07:47:56,844 ERROR Installing the upgrades failed! 2014-03-08 07:47:56,845 ERROR error message: 'installArchives() failed' 2014-03-08 07:47:56,846 ERROR dpkg returned a error! See '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2014-03-08_07:47:38.452426.log' for details 2014-03-09 08:02:40,084 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-09 08:02:40,084 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-09 08:02:40,085 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-09 08:02:42,335 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended 2014-03-10 07:47:49,431 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-10 07:47:49,432 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-10 07:47:49,432 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-10 07:47:51,534 INFO No packages found that can be upgraded unattended 2014-03-11 07:39:03,484 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2014-03-11 07:39:03,484 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2014-03-11 07:39:03,485 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=saucy-security'] 2014-03-11 07:39:07,431 INFO Packages that will be upgraded: libudisks2-0 udisks udisks2 2014-03-11 07:39:07,431 INFO Writing dpkg log to '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2014-03-11_07:39:07.431218.log' 2014-03-11 07:39:28,923 ERROR
