This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox-ose - 2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1
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virtualbox-ose (2.0.4-dfsg-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low
[ Jonathan Ernst ]
* Virtualbox should go in Accessories, not in System tools (LP: #288590)
[ Daniel Hahler ]
* New upstream version (LP:
@daniel: if you reproduced the issue, could you please tell me in what
way update-manager crashes? does it segfault or raise a python
excpetion? what did you do to reproduce it? was installing virtualbox
prior to the upgrade enough?
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virtualbox-ose upgrade causes update-manager crash
@Michael: yes I could reproduce it and it caused two bug reports to be created.
IIRC the above quoted python exception is the part where update-manager crashed.
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virtualbox-ose upgrade causes update-manager crash
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221736
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Steve, as far as I can see there are two crashes caused by the same reason: the
virtualbox-ose debconf question not being answered/seen.
The other one is bug 210212.
The reason appears to be the same, but my point was that update-manager
should not crash on this, if possible.
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virtualbox-ose
Daniel,
thank you for the work you are putting in on this project.
I hope that you enjoy the programming and want to make sure that we
appreciate your efforts.
Cheers,
Steve Noolan
Not doing something you can't do ... is not a moral victory.
In fact, the error report happened because of the dpkg failure when
configuring the virtualbox-ose. Reassigning back.
** Changed in: virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: update-manager = virtualbox-ose
Target: ubuntu-8.04.1 = None
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virtualbox-ose upgrade causes update-manager
