Package: sasl2-bin Version: 2.1.22.dfsg1-24 Severity: serious Justification: breaks upgrade
When upgrading sasl2-bin a segfault occured: Setting up sasl2-bin (2.1.22.dfsg1-24) ... DB->get: method not permitted before handle's open method /var/lib/dpkg/info/sasl2-bin.postinst: line 17: 21765 Done echo '!' 21766 Segmentation fault | saslpasswd2 -c 'no:such:user' dpkg: error processing sasl2-bin (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 Trying to recover (or reproduce the segfault) by aptitude install -f leads to configuration failure: Setting up sasl2-bin (2.1.22.dfsg1-24) ... dpkg: error processing sasl2-bin (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: sasl2-bin E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up sasl2-bin (2.1.22.dfsg1-24) ... dpkg: error processing sasl2-bin (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: sasl2-bin The following debconf dialog is shown: ┌────────────────────────┤ Configuring sasl2-bin ├─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Failed to back up /etc/sasldb2 │ │ │ │ The /etc/sasldb2 file could not be backed up with the file name you │ │ specified. │ │ │ │ This is a fatal error and will cause the package installation to fail. │ │ │ │ Please eliminate all possible reasons that might lead to this failure, │ │ and try to configure this package again. │ │ │ │ <Ok> │ ... I have not specified anything at all and the debconf dialog really doesn't give me any help at all about where to start looking for the problem. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (300, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages sasl2-bin depends on: ii db4.7-util 4.7.25-6 Berkeley v4.7 Database Utilities ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.26 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcomerr2 1.41.5-1 common error description library ii libdb4.6 4.6.21-13 Berkeley v4.6 Database Libraries [ ii libgssapi-krb5-2 1.7dfsg~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k ii libk5crypto3 1.7dfsg~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - C ii libkrb5-3 1.7dfsg~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries ii libkrb5support0 1.7dfsg~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - S ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.15-1.1 OpenLDAP libraries ii libpam0g 1.0.1-9 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libsasl2-2 2.1.22.dfsg1-24 Cyrus SASL - authentication abstra ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-16 SSL shared libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-22 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip sasl2-bin recommends no packages. sasl2-bin suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * cyrus-sasl2/backup-sasldb2: /var/backups/sasldb2.bak cyrus-sasl2/purge-sasldb2: false cyrus-sasl2/upgrade-sasldb2-failed: * cyrus-sasl2/upgrade-sasldb2-backup-failed: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org