Package: ucf Version: 3.0016 Severity: critical ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- marilyn:/etc/apt# dpkg --list ucf Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-=============================== iU ucf 3.0016 Update Configuration File: preserve user cha
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- marilyn:/etc/apt# dpkg --status ucf Package: ucf Status: install ok unpacked Priority: standard Section: utils Installed-Size: 256 Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> Architecture: all Version: 3.0016 Config-Version: 2.0020 Depends: debconf (>= 1.5.19), coreutils (>= 5.91) Conffiles: /etc/ucf.conf 5565b8b26108c49ba575ba452cd69b3e Description: Update Configuration File: preserve user changes to config files. Debian policy mandates that user changes to configuration files must be preserved during package upgrades. The easy way to achieve this behavior is to make the configuration file a 'conffile', in which case dpkg handles the file specially during upgrades, prompting the user as needed. . This is appropriate only if it is possible to distribute a default version that will work for most installations, although some system administrators may choose to modify it. This implies that the default version will be part of the package distribution, and must not be modified by the maintainer scripts during installation (or at any other time). . This script attempts to provide conffile-like handling for files that may not be labelled conffiles, and are not shipped in a Debian package, but handled by the postinst instead. This script allows one to maintain files in /etc, preserving user changes and in general offering the same facilities while upgrading that dpkg normally provides for 'conffiles'. . Additionally, this script provides facilities for transitioning a file that had not been provided with conffile-like protection to come under this schema, and attempts to minimize questions asked at installation time. Indeed, the transitioning facility is better than the one offered by dpkg while transitioning a file from a non-conffile to conffile status. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Error message: Preconfiguring packages ... supported_versions: WARNING: Unknown Debian release: 5.0 (Reading database ... 302313 files and directories currently installed.) Removing libapache-mod-perl ... /usr/bin/ucf: line 622: db_x_loadtemplatefile: command not found dpkg: error processing libapache-mod-perl (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127 /usr/bin/ucf: line 622: db_x_loadtemplatefile: command not found dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: libapache-mod-perl E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Circumstances: Initially I tried to use aptitude to install a new package which appears to have triggered an upgrade from etch to lenny. Aptitude repeatedly ended in an error condition. I then switched to dselect for more visibility into what was going on. This error happened persistently while running delect while I tried including and excluding suspect packages and various changes to /etc/apt/sources.list. I then switched to # apt-get update # apt-get upgrade and I got the same error which is shown above. The contents of /etc/apt/sources.list for the last try was: marilyn:/etc/apt# cat sources.list # See sources.list(5) for more information, especially # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs # CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. # proposed additions for a 5.0 point release deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny-proposed-updates main contrib non-free # Standard Debian binary archives in USA # deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free # deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free # deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free # Standard Debian source archives in USA # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main #deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free # Security Debian binary archive # deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free # deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers proposed-updates APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-486 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages ucf depends on: ii coreutils 6.10-6 The GNU core utilities ii debconf 1.5.11etch2 Debian configuration management sy ucf recommends no packages. -- debconf information: ucf/changeprompt_threeway: keep your currently-installed version ucf/title: * ucf/changeprompt: keep your currently-installed version -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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