reassign 325740 debconf severity 325740 normal retitle 325740 debconf: type 1 db corruption when installing wamerican merge 325740 198297 thanks
On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 06:11:20PM +0200, Sebastien Couret wrote: > Package: wamerican > Version: 5-4 > Severity: important > > Hi Guyz, > I ran into a problem while trying to install this package as shown : > > " > #apt-get install wamerican > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > wamerican is already the newest version. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 97 not upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. > Setting up wamerican (5-4) ... > Can't call method "choices" on an undefined value at > /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 85, <GEN1> line 4. > dpkg: error processing wamerican (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9 > Errors were encountered while processing: > wamerican > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > " That seems debconf type 1 db corruption, known to appear at least when /var partition is nearly full. >From the dictionaries-common README.problems file: ======================================================================= Problems removing a wordlist/ispell dictionary ---------------------------------------------- Something like --- # dpkg --purge wbritish (Reading database ... 111027 files and directories currently installed.) Removing wbritish ... Can't call method "choices" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 85, <GEN0> line 4. dpkg: error processing wbritish (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 29 Errors were encountered while processing: wbritish --- is usually related to debconf type 1 db corruption, see e.g., http://bugs.debian.org/198297 or pages for bug reports 224400, 247849, 255193, 282587, 284287, 297534. Please take a look at those bug reports to check whether the problem is actually the same, and see if you can provide more information about the problem before proceeding further. As a side note, it has been pointed out that there is a high probability of this problem being related to a nearly full /var partition. After that, the suggested fix is, quoting Joey Hess message in above bug page > By purging and reinstalling the package, you only fixed the entries for > that package. I suggest you run /usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl as root, > which will delete all the orphaned questions. You may end up having to > repeat your answers to some debconf questions during future upgrades, > but that's a small price to pay for a consistent debconf database. ========================================================================== While it deals with removal, seems the same problem. So I am reasigning this bug report to debconf and merging it with some similar bug reports. Cheers, -- Agustin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
