Ubuntu
wmsun package

dpkg --purge wmsun never exits

Bug #284431 reported by Sven Heinicke
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
wmsun (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
wmsun (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
Hardy
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Intrepid
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: wmsun

sven@ibex:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
sven@ibex:~$

after 30 minutes hit ^C

sven@ibex:/usr/share/debconf$ time sudo dpkg --purge wmsun
(Reading database ... 135298 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing wmsun ...
Purging configuration files for wmsun ...
^Cdpkg: error processing wmsun (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wmsun

real 29m27.680s
user 0m0.336s
sys 0m0.096s
sven@ibex:/usr/share/debconf$

Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)
Changed in wmsun:
assignee: nobody → norsetto
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → In Progress
Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)
Changed in wmsun:
assignee: norsetto → nobody
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

I think this is sru-worthy. The problem is that debconf was removed in 1.03-23 but it is still called in the postrm.
This is simply solved by removing this call (see attached debdiff).
The TEST CASE is very simple:

1) Install current wmsun in hardy (1.03-25).
2) Try to purge it. Your package manager will fail.
3) Install the version from -proposed.
4) Purge. It should now succeed.

Subscribing motu-sru to require an ack.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wmsun - 1.03-26ubuntu1

---------------
wmsun (1.03-26ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Remove debconf call from postrm script (LP: #284431).
    Debconf was removed in 1.03-23!

 -- Cesare Tirabassi <email address hidden> Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:32:15 +0200

Changed in wmsun:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
John Dong (jdong) wrote :

Thanks for the patch; it looks suitable for SRU to me. ACK from ~motu-sru

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in wmsun:
status: Unknown → New
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted into hardy-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!

Changed in wmsun:
status: New → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Sven Heinicke (svenmh) wrote :

the hardy fix worked for me.

Revision history for this message
Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

Thanks for testing. Works fine also for me, setting to verification-done.

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Copied to hardy-updates.

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