reassign 524714 splashy thanks Carl Fürstenberg wrote: > Package: hal > Version: 0.5.11-8 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > Upon upgrade from 0.5.11-8 to /hal_0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2, > following problem occurs: > > [0:0][azat...@azabox ~]$ LC_ALL=C sudo apt-get -f install > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > libdirectfb-1.0-0 > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > The following extra packages will be installed: > hal > Suggested packages: > gnome-device-manager > The following packages will be upgraded: > hal > 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 175 not upgraded. > 50 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/451kB of archives. > After this operation, 176kB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > Reading package fields... Done > Reading package status... Done > Retrieving bug reports... Done > Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done > (Reading database ... 306530 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace hal 0.5.11-8 (using > .../hal_0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2_i386.deb) ... > * Stopping Hardware abstraction layer hald > [ OK ] > invoke-rc.d: initscript hal, action "stop" failed. > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > * Stopping Hardware abstraction layer hald > [ OK ] > invoke-rc.d: initscript hal, action "stop" failed. > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/hal_0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2_i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald > [ OK ] > invoke-rc.d: initscript hal, action "start" failed. > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/hal_0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > [0:100][azat...@azabox ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/hal stop > * Stopping Hardware abstraction layer hald > [ OK ] > [0:1][azat...@azabox ~]$ echo $? > 1 > [0:0][azat...@azabox ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/hal start > * Starting Hardware abstraction layer hald > [ OK ] > [0:1][azat...@azabox ~]$ echo $? > 1
that's a splashy bug, reassigning. You can purge the splashy package or wait for a fixed splashy package. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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