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jadetex package

package jadetex None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127

Bug #259351 reported by James Nealon
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: jadetex

Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10

jadetex:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.13-9
  Version table:
     3.13-9 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.rafal.ca intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

i simply tried to remove it via Synaptic.

It gave me the above error.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Package: jadetex None
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: jadetex
Title: package jadetex None failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Uname: Linux 2.6.26-5-generic i686

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James Nealon (kaobear) wrote :
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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote : Confirming, Log-details cited

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 status confirmed

I can confirm this. Relevant Part of the Log:

Removing jadetex ...
Purging configuration files for jadetex ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jadetex.postrm: 71: update-texmf: not found
dpkg: error processing jadetex (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127

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Changed in jadetex:
status: New → Confirmed
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Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

Linked Debian bug which includes a proposed fix quoted below:

jadetex.postrm unconditionally invokes update-texmf on purge, but by
that time, tex-common may have been removed. You should wrap the
invocation with something like:

  if [ -x "`which update-texmf 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
      update-texmf
  fi

Changed in jadetex:
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Gabriel Bauman (gabrielbauman) wrote :

Package uninstalled fine for me. Saw this later on when purging leftover configuration using Synaptic.

Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)
Changed in jadetex:
assignee: nobody → andrewsomething
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

To late for intrepid, so this fix is targeted for intrepid-proposed. It backports the fix used by Debian, so this can be safely dropped for Jaunty as it is already used in Sid.

Changed in jadetex:
assignee: andrewsomething → nobody
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Sponsored, waiting in intrepid-proposed queue now.

I improved the changelog and updated the maintainer field.

Changed in jadetex:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

This is the debdiff I uploaded.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

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Gabriel Bauman (gabrielbauman) wrote :

Tested package from proposed, problem fixed.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in jadetex:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Copied intrepid-proposed version to jaunty.

Changed in jadetex:
status: New → Fix Committed
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Copied to intrepid-updates.

Changed in jadetex:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in jadetex (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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