That version is no more maintained
** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Changed in: debconf (Debian)
Importance: Unknown => Undecided
** Changed in: debconf (Debian)
Remote watch: Debian Bug tracker #681893 => None
** Changed in: debconf (Debian)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/819957
Title:
purging /var/cache breaks debconf
Status in debconf package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in debconf package in Debian:
Invalid
Bug description:
If user deletes /var/cache/*, while leaving /var/cache, then debconf
is broken. Specifically, debconf looks for /var/cache/debconf and does
not create the missing directory, and after the directory is creating,
software fails to install.
Repo Steps:
1. rm /var/cache/*
2. Attempt to install any package
Why this is a bug? Per the LSB, (
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARCACHE), applications
should recover from missing files. A user who removes /var/cache/*
will experience problems with the installation of software.
root@domU-12-31-39-0B-60-05:/home/ubuntu# lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch)
root@domU-12-31-39-0B-60-05:/home/ubuntu# apt-cache policy debconf
debconf:
Installed: 1.5.40ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.5.40ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.5.40ubuntu1 0
500 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
root@domU-12-31-39-0B-60-05:/home/ubuntu#
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Attempt to install the Sun JDK:
sun-dlj-v1-1 license could not be presented
try 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to select a frontend other than noninteractive
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-jre_6.26-1oneiric1_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Unpacking sun-java6-bin (from .../sun-java6-bin_6.26-1oneiric1_i386.deb) ...
sun-dlj-v1-1 license could not be presented
try 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to select a frontend other than noninteractive
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-bin_6.26-1oneiric1_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Unpacking sun-java6-jdk (from .../sun-java6-jdk_6.26-1oneiric1_i386.deb) ...
sun-dlj-v1-1 license could not be presented
try 'dpkg-reconfigure debconf' to select a frontend other than noninteractive
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: debconf 1.5.40ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.9-virtual 3.0.0
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-virtual i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 2 18:16:15 2011
Ec2AMI: ami-d319dfba
Ec2AMIManifest: (unknown)
Ec2AvailabilityZone: us-east-1c
Ec2InstanceType: t1.micro
Ec2Kernel: aki-805ea7e9
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: debconf
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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