Bug#621071: nsd3: statoverride file is in a bad state after remove
Hi, On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 11:44:17AM +0200, S Berder wrote: Package: nsd3 Version: 3.2.5-1 Severity: important When using 'apt-get remove --purge nsd3', the /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride file is left in an unstable state. Reproduced the problem several times by installing the package and removing/purging it. After the remove/purge, any further install fails. After 'apt-get remove --purge nsd3' : # cat /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride nsd nsd 755 /var/lib/nsd3 nsd nsd 750 /etc/nsd3 nsd nsd 640 /etc/nsd3/nsd.conf [...] # apt-get install package [...] Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: syntax error: unknown user 'nsd' in statoverride file E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) This is because the postrm script removes the nsd user before it removes the stat overrides. Attached patch fixes this (and also suppresses a spurious warning when /var/lib/nsd3 was empty and thus automatically removed). Would this be a candidate for proposed-updates as it fixes an installability bug? Regards, -- Jeroen Schot --- debian/postrm.orig 2011-03-30 14:13:56.0 +0200 +++ debian/postrm 2011-04-07 14:35:40.0 +0200 @@ -8,13 +8,14 @@ if test $1 = purge; then spool=/var/lib/nsd3 -deluser --quiet nsd /dev/null || true rm -f $spool/nsd.db $spool/ixfr.db $spool/xfrd.state -rmdir $spool || true +rmdir $spool 2/dev/null || true unset_perms /var/lib/nsd3 unset_perms /etc/nsd3/nsd.conf unset_perms /etc/nsd3 + +deluser --quiet nsd /dev/null || true fi exit 0 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#621071: nsd3: statoverride file is in a bad state after remove
Thanks for the patch, it is much appreciated. I'll upload a fixed version to unstable and to stable proposed-updates. Jeroed, feel free to clone my git repository somewhere (github / alioth) and ask for pull requests. O. On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 14:46, Jeroen Schot sc...@a-eskwadraat.nl wrote: Hi, On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 11:44:17AM +0200, S Berder wrote: Package: nsd3 Version: 3.2.5-1 Severity: important When using 'apt-get remove --purge nsd3', the /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride file is left in an unstable state. Reproduced the problem several times by installing the package and removing/purging it. After the remove/purge, any further install fails. After 'apt-get remove --purge nsd3' : # cat /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride nsd nsd 755 /var/lib/nsd3 nsd nsd 750 /etc/nsd3 nsd nsd 640 /etc/nsd3/nsd.conf [...] # apt-get install package [...] Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: syntax error: unknown user 'nsd' in statoverride file E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) This is because the postrm script removes the nsd user before it removes the stat overrides. Attached patch fixes this (and also suppresses a spurious warning when /var/lib/nsd3 was empty and thus automatically removed). Would this be a candidate for proposed-updates as it fixes an installability bug? Regards, -- Jeroen Schot -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAk2dsjsACgkQltTwwNczgvFIQQD8DnnvGsZK8LF564eSdmsjkb41 9NzdD8fBmHKxR29ddYIA/ibnX3/+Ive/fz3p0C6V/8V7oN+PAx6OX17ryMNxR4et =Y7D3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Ondřej Surý ond...@sury.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#621071: nsd3: statoverride file is in a bad state after remove
Good job guys, I admit I've been a bit lazy as didn't even looked at the source package. Stefan, from my Android On Apr 7, 2011 10:14 PM, Ondřej Surý ond...@sury.org wrote: Thanks for the patch, it is much appreciated. I'll upload a fixed version to unstable and to stable proposed-updates. Jeroed, feel free to clone my git repository somewhere (github / alioth) and ask for pull requests. O. On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 14:46, Jeroen Schot sc...@a-eskwadraat.nl wrote: Hi, On Wed, Apr 06,... -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAk2dsjsACgkQltTwwNczgvFIQQD8DnnvGsZK8LF564eSdmsjkb41 9NzdD8fBmHKxR29ddYIA/ibnX3/+Ive/fz3p0C6V/8V7oN+PAx6OX17ryMNxR4et =Y7D3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Ondřej Surý ond...@sury.org
Bug#621071: nsd3: statoverride file is in a bad state after remove
Package: nsd3 Version: 3.2.5-1 Severity: important When using 'apt-get remove --purge nsd3', the /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride file is left in an unstable state. Reproduced the problem several times by installing the package and removing/purging it. After the remove/purge, any further install fails. After 'apt-get remove --purge nsd3' : # cat /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride nsd nsd 755 /var/lib/nsd3 nsd nsd 750 /etc/nsd3 nsd nsd 640 /etc/nsd3/nsd.conf [...] # apt-get install package [...] Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting: syntax error: unknown user 'nsd' in statoverride file E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages nsd3 depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii libc6 2.11.2-10Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4squeeze1 SSL shared libraries ii lsb-base3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip nsd3 recommends no packages. nsd3 suggests no packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
