Package: mini-buildd Version: 1.0.6 Severity: important Hi,
this happens after trying to install mini-buildd 1.0.6: mh@spinturn:~$ dpkg --list mini-buildd Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-======================-================-================-================================================= iF mini-buildd 1.0.6 all minimal build daemon - daemon mh@spinturn:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a Setting up mini-buildd (1.0.6) ... addgroup: The group `mini-buildd' already exists as a system group. Exiting. usermod: no changes usermod: no changes The user `mini-buildd' is already a member of `sbuild'. Setting admin password...Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/mini-buildd", line 16, in <module> import daemon.pidlockfile File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/daemon/pidlockfile.py", line 33, in <module> class PIDLockFile(LinkFileLock, object): TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases function() argument 1 must be code, not str dpkg: error processing package mini-buildd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: mini-buildd mh@spinturn:~$ sudo su mini-buildd -c "/usr/sbin/mini-buildd --set-admin-password='1234'" Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/mini-buildd", line 16, in <module> import daemon.pidlockfile File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/daemon/pidlockfile.py", line 33, in <module> class PIDLockFile(LinkFileLock, object): TypeError: Error when calling the metaclass bases function() argument 1 must be code, not str mh@spinturn:~$ Just fyi, I tried updating from 0.9.5 to 1.0.6 which failed horribly (had to edit mini-buildd's prerm script which bombed out because mini-buildd-common was already gone), purged all leftovers from mini-buildd and started over cleanly. I guess that I didn't start over _that_ cleanly. This left me without a working mini-buildd. Please advise what to do asap. Greetings Marc -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.0.5-zgsrv20080 (SMP w/6 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages mini-buildd depends on: ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56 ii debootstrap 1.0.70 ii devscripts 2.15.5 ii dpkg-dev 1.18.1 ii gnupg 1.4.19-3 ii libjs-jquery 1.7.2+dfsg-3.2 ii libjs-sphinxdoc 1.2.3+dfsg-1 ii lintian 2.5.31 ii mini-buildd-common 1.0.6 ii python-cherrypy3 3.5.0-2 ii python-daemon 1.5.5-1 ii python-django 1.7.7-1 ii python-django-extensions 1.5.0-1 ii python-django-registration 1.0+dfsg-2 ii python-mini-buildd 1.0.6 ii python-pyftpdlib 1.2.0-1 pn python:any <none> ii reprepro 4.16.0-1 ii sbuild 0.65.2-1 ii schroot 1.6.10-1+b1 ii sudo 1.8.12-1 Versions of packages mini-buildd recommends: ii python-apt 1.0.0~beta2 Versions of packages mini-buildd suggests: pn binfmt-support <none> pn haveged <none> ii lvm2 2.02.111-2.2 pn qemu-user-static <none> -- Configuration Files: /etc/sudoers.d/mini-buildd-sudoers [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'/etc/sudoers.d/mini-buildd-sudoers' -- debconf information: * mini-buildd/options: --verbose * mini-buildd/note: * mini-buildd/home: /home/mini-buildd mini-buildd/purge_warning: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org