As this issue is preventing the installation of a number of security patches (Adobe, ClamAV and others) should this be considered a security issue? And still unclear as to what caused the issue with dconf-service in the first place
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to d-conf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1419232 Title: Unable to update Ubuntu 14.0.4 Status in d-conf package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Everything had been working fine until recently attempted to update and it failed.. sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for jim: Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B] Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B] Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [62.0 kB] Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release [62.0 kB] Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Sources Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Sources Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Sources Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_US Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Sources [99.9 kB] Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Sources [4,463 B] Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Sources [161 kB] Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Sources [2,061 B] Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [412 kB] Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [8,875 B] Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [244 kB] Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [11.2 kB] Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [402 kB] Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [8,846 B] Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [245 kB] Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [11.3 kB] Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Sources [17.4 kB] Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Sources [1,896 B] Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Sources [64.8 kB] Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Sources [2,061 B] Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [200 kB] Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages [8,875 B] Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages [85.3 kB] Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [3,458 B] Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [190 kB] Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [8,846 B] Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [85.3 kB] Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [3,624 B] Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US Fetched 2,407 kB in 12s (186 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done >> Everything look fine but all is not well as none of the updates actually install sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages have been kept back: linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic The following packages will be upgraded: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra clamav clamav-base clamav-freshclam compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins-default file flashplugin-installer google-chrome-stable google-talkplugin indicator-session libclamav6 libcompizconfig0 libdecoration0 libmagic1 libpoppler-glib8 libpoppler44 libprocps3 libunity-core-6.0-9 linux-libc-dev poppler-utils procps python3-software-properties rsyslog sa-compile software-properties-common software-properties-gtk spamassassin spamc tzdata unity unity-services unzip 35 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 68.4 MB of archives. After this operation, 1,161 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main google-chrome-stable amd64 40.0.2214.111-1 [48.8 MB] Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main file amd64 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3 [18.9 kB] Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libmagic1 amd64 1:5.14-2ubuntu3.3 [185 kB] Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libprocps3 amd64 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.1 [31.5 kB] Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra amd64 40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068 [841 kB] Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libpoppler44 amd64 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2 [703 kB] Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libpoppler-glib8 amd64 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2 [83.3 kB] Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main tzdata all 2015a-0ubuntu0.14.04 [171 kB] Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main rsyslog amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 [355 kB] Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main procps amd64 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.1 [209 kB] Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libclamav6 amd64 0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [3,212 kB] Get:12 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main clamav-base all 0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [108 kB] Get:13 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main clamav-freshclam amd64 0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [107 kB] Get:14 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main clamav amd64 0.98.6+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 [87.4 kB] Get:15 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libcompizconfig0 amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [117 kB] Get:16 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main compiz-gnome amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [155 kB] Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main compiz-plugins-default amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [766 kB] Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libdecoration0 amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [49.2 kB] Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main compiz-core amd64 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [296 kB] Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main compiz all 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20141104-0ubuntu1 [4,048 B] Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/multiverse flashplugin-installer amd64 11.2.202.442ubuntu0.14.04.1 [6,964 B] Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main indicator-session amd64 12.10.5+14.04.20140925-0ubuntu1 [104 kB] Get:23 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main unity amd64 7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1 [1,508 kB] Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libunity-core-6.0-9 amd64 7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1 [433 kB] Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main unity-services amd64 7.2.4+14.04.20141217-0ubuntu1 [31.8 kB] Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main linux-libc-dev amd64 3.13.0-45.74 [790 kB] Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main poppler-utils amd64 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2 [118 kB] Get:28 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main software-properties-common all 0.92.37.3 [9,376 B] Get:29 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main software-properties-gtk all 0.92.37.3 [46.9 kB] Get:30 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main python3-software-properties all 0.92.37.3 [19.1 kB] Get:31 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main spamassassin all 3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1 [1,034 kB] Get:32 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main sa-compile all 3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1 [13.8 kB] Get:33 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main spamc amd64 3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1 [51.8 kB] Get:34 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main unzip amd64 6.0-9ubuntu1.2 [157 kB] Get:35 http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable/main google-talkplugin amd64 5.40.2.0-1 [7,724 kB] Fetched 68.4 MB in 1min 56s (586 kB/s) Extracting templates from packages: 100% Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'dconf-service' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed dpkg: warning: files list file for package 'dconf-cli' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2) apt-cache policy dconf-service dconf-service: Installed: 0.20.0-1 Candidate: 0.20.0-1 Version table: *** 0.20.0-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status jim@windslave-svr:~$ apt-cache policy dconf-cli dconf-cli: Installed: 0.20.0-1 Candidate: 0.20.0-1 Version table: *** 0.20.0-1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status jim@windslave-svr:~$ sudo apt-get install dconf-service Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done dconf-service is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded. jim@windslave-svr:~$ sudo apt-get install dconf-cli Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done dconf-cli is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded. >>Tryed to reconfigure dconf-service sudo dpkg --configure dconf-service dpkg: error processing package dconf-service (--configure): package dconf-service is already installed and configured Errors were encountered while processing: dconf-service sudo dpkg-query -p dconf-service Package: dconf-service Priority: optional Section: libs Installed-Size: 144 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Architecture: amd64 Multi-Arch: foreign Source: d-conf Version: 0.20.0-1 Replaces: dconf-gsettings-backend (<< 0.10.0-2), libdconf0 (<< 0.7.3-2) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.1), libdconf1 (= 0.20.0-1) Recommends: dconf-gsettings-backend Breaks: dconf-gsettings-backend (<< 0.10.0-2), libdconf0 (<< 0.7.3-2) Size: 26876 Description: simple configuration storage system - D-Bus service DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop environment settings. . This package contains the DConf service, which applications talk to using D-Bus in order to obtain their settings. It is mostly used by the GSettings backend. Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/dconf ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: dconf-service 0.20.0-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Fri Feb 6 21:46:36 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-17 (234 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: d-conf UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/d-conf/+bug/1419232/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp