Bug#912437: openmpi-bin: Fails to upgrade: update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi corrupt: slave link same as main link /usr/bin/mpicc

Control: clone -1 -2 Control: reassign -2 mpich 3.3~b3-3 Control: retitle -2 mpich: Fails to upgrade: update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi corrupt: slave link same as main link /usr/bin/mpicc Hi Alastair, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > I'm unable to reproduce this, and have

Bug#912437: openmpi-bin: Fails to upgrade: update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi corrupt: slave link same as main link /usr/bin/mpicc

Hi Alastair, Alastair McKinstry wrote: > The change made in the openmpi-bin.postinst script was to enable > "set -e" properly (avoiding a conditional  in the script that relied > on testing non-zero return code). I suspect that > /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi was corrupt from a previous upgrade

Bug#912437: openmpi-bin: Fails to upgrade: update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi corrupt: slave link same as main link /usr/bin/mpicc

Thanks for this report. I'm unable to reproduce this, and have no failures testing 3.1.2-6 -> 3.1.3-1 upgrade. The change made in the openmpi-bin.postinst script was to enable "set -e" properly (avoiding a conditional  in the script that relied on testing non-zero return code). I suspect

Bug#912437: openmpi-bin: Fails to upgrade: update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi corrupt: slave link same as main link /usr/bin/mpicc

Package: openmpi-bin Version: 3.1.3-1 Severity: serious openmpi-bin fails to upgrade from 3.1.2-6 to 3.1.3-1 as follows for me: Setting up openmpi-bin (3.1.3-1) ... update-alternatives: error: /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/mpi corrupt: slave link same as main link /usr/bin/mpicc dpkg: error