> Could you report me a "ls -laF /var/run/qemu/" what else might be the issue there?
Sure: % ls -laF /var/run/qemu/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Nov 30 11:43 ./ drwxr-xr-x 42 root root 1120 Nov 30 11:43 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 40 Nov 30 11:43 Debian/ > I mean you even removed it so ... ?! Yes, it is created with the upgrade. I had to reboot for other reasons and this directory was not even there before I tried the upgrade. > Could you replace the "set -e" with "set -ex" there please and report back > all the output your upgrade generates? % sudo apt install qemu-system-gui -y Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: qemu-system-gui 1 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. 142 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/51.5 kB of archives. After this operation, 8,192 B disk space will be freed. (Reading database ... 345606 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../qemu-system-gui_1%3a5.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb ... + mkdir -p /var/run/qemu/Debian 1:5.1+dfsg-4ubuntu1 + cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qemu/ui-gtk.so /var/run/qemu/Debian 1:5.1+dfsg-4u buntu1/ cp: -r not specified; omitting directory '/var/run/qemu/Debian' dpkg: warning: old qemu-system-gui:amd64 package pre-removal script subprocess r eturned error exit status 1 dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/qemu-system-gui_1%3a5.1+d fsg-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack): there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/qemu-system-gui_1%3a5.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) When looking at the output and the recent modifications you did in the package, it looks like I have the issue just because I have 1:5.1+dfsg-4ubuntu1 version installed and I can safely force the upgrade, right? > P.S. And thanks for testing the current -dev release even if this time this > bite you (and probably everyone else). My pleasure! I cannot help more with the packaging, etc. in Ubuntu like I did before but I try to report bugs with the -dev release I use for years now :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1906245 Title: qemu-system-gui 1:5.1+dfsg-4ubuntu2 fails to upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1906245/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
