** Description changed: Binary package hint: etckeeper During updating Jaunty, etckeeper fails to upgrade. + + This appears to be a problem with pycentral, where some directory already exists (as (dangling) symlink): + $ ls -ld /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/etckeeper + lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 2008-06-08 13:56 /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/etckeeper -> /home/user/ubuntu/etckeeper/git/etckeeper + + My workaround has been to manually remove the dangling symlink + (/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/etckeeper), which has + been created probably when I installed etckeeper from upstream git + manually(?!).. + ERROR: Preparing to replace etckeeper 0.21 (using .../etckeeper_0.22_all.deb) ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1891, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1885, in main rv = action.run(global_options) File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1349, in run pkg.prepare(used_runtimes, old_used_runtimes, old_pkg) File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 998, in prepare os.makedirs(d2) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 171, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/etckeeper' Error in sys.excepthook: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 85, in apport_excepthook os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_EXCL), 'w') OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_pycentral.0.crash' Original exception was: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1891, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1885, in main rv = action.run(global_options) File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 1349, in run pkg.prepare(used_runtimes, old_used_runtimes, old_pkg) File "/usr/bin/pycentral", line 998, in prepare os.makedirs(d2) File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 171, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bzrlib/plugins/etckeeper' dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/etckeeper_0.22_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: etckeeper 0.21 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: etckeeper Title: package etckeeper 0.21 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Uname: Linux 2.6.27-8-generic i686
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