** Also affects: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New
** No longer affects: dpkg (Ubuntu Zesty) ** No longer affects: dpkg (Ubuntu Xenial) ** No longer affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu Zesty) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu Zesty) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu Xenial) Assignee: (unassigned) => Eric Desrochers (slashd) ** Changed in: ca-certificates-java (Ubuntu Zesty) Assignee: (unassigned) => Eric Desrochers (slashd) ** Description changed: [Impact] ca-certificates-java currently depend on openjdk-7 which no longer exist after Trusty. It triggers failures while doing release upgrade, due to - the triggers loop. + triggers loop. [Test Case] # Install Ubuntu server 14.04.5 + all the updates (I used "uvt-kvm create trustylp1723198 release=trusty") sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade # Install ca-certificates-java and man-db sudo apt install ca-certificates-java man-db # Upgrade to 16.04 LTS with do-release-upgrade and proceed with the upgrade sudo do-release-upgrade output: Removing ca-certificates-java (20130815ubuntu1) ... Removing openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u151-2.6.11-2ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers: chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible: man-db -> ca-certificates packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable: ca-certificates: update-ca-certificates man-db: /usr/share/man dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates (--remove): triggers looping, abandoned [Regression Potential] * Regression is low, Xenial and late doesn't have openjdk-7 available as it has openjdk-8. This will have the effect to make the upgrade work correctly. [Other Info] * Debian bug : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863803 * Debian commit: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-java/ca-certificates-java.git/commit/?id=0ddf3c9 [Original Description] Test Case: 1. Install Ubuntu server 14.04.5 + all the updates 2. Install ca-certificates-java and man-db 3. Reboot 4. Upgrade to 16.04 LTS with do-release-upgrade and proceed with the upgrade Actual Result Upgrade fails with Removing ca-certificates-java (20130815ubuntu1) ... Removing openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u151-2.6.11-2ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers: chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible: man-db -> ca-certificates packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable: ca-certificates: update-ca-certificates man-db: /usr/share/man dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates (--remove): triggers looping, abandoned I have no further information to give at this time except to say that there were several errors during the upgrade process from 14.04. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 12 17:52:19 2017 ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-16 (1425 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016) PackageArchitecture: all RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2 apt 1.2.24 SourcePackage: ca-certificates Title: package ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-10-12 (0 days ago) ** Description changed: [Impact] ca-certificates-java currently depend on openjdk-7 which no longer exist after Trusty. It triggers failures while doing release upgrade, due to triggers loop. [Test Case] - # Install Ubuntu server 14.04.5 + all the updates + # Install Ubuntu server 14.04.5 + all the updates. (I used "uvt-kvm create trustylp1723198 release=trusty") - sudo apt update - sudo apt upgrade + sudo apt-get update + sudo apt-get dist-upgrade - # Install ca-certificates-java and man-db - sudo apt install ca-certificates-java man-db + # Install ca-certificates-java and man-db. + sudo apt-get install ca-certificates-java man-db - # Upgrade to 16.04 LTS with do-release-upgrade and proceed with the upgrade + # Upgrade to 16.04 LTS. sudo do-release-upgrade - output: + # Error: + .......................... Removing ca-certificates-java (20130815ubuntu1) ... Removing openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u151-2.6.11-2ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers: chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible: man-db -> ca-certificates packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable: ca-certificates: update-ca-certificates man-db: /usr/share/man dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates (--remove): triggers looping, abandoned [Regression Potential] - * Regression is low, Xenial and late doesn't have openjdk-7 available - as it has openjdk-8. This will have the effect to make the upgrade work - correctly. + * Regression is low risk. Xenial and late doesn't have openjdk-7 + available in the archive. It has openjdk-8. This will have the effect to + make the release upgrade to work correctly when ca-certificates-java is + installed. This patch has been already proven to work in Artful, Bionic + and Debian upstream. [Other Info] * Debian bug : https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=863803 * Debian commit: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-java/ca-certificates-java.git/commit/?id=0ddf3c9 [Original Description] Test Case: 1. Install Ubuntu server 14.04.5 + all the updates 2. Install ca-certificates-java and man-db 3. Reboot 4. Upgrade to 16.04 LTS with do-release-upgrade and proceed with the upgrade Actual Result Upgrade fails with Removing ca-certificates-java (20130815ubuntu1) ... Removing openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u151-2.6.11-2ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers: chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible: man-db -> ca-certificates packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable: ca-certificates: update-ca-certificates man-db: /usr/share/man dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates (--remove): triggers looping, abandoned I have no further information to give at this time except to say that there were several errors during the upgrade process from 14.04. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-97.120-generic 4.4.87 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-97-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 12 17:52:19 2017 ErrorMessage: triggers looping, abandoned InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-11-16 (1425 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016) PackageArchitecture: all RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2 apt 1.2.24 SourcePackage: ca-certificates Title: package ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-10-12 (0 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1723198 Title: [SRU] upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 fails with: ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: triggers looping, abandoned To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates-java/+bug/1723198/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs