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[Karmic] update-manager-kde: conffile prompt/error during upgrade cause crash

Bug #459471 reported by FriedChicken
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kdebindings (Ubuntu)
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Karmic
Fix Released
Medium
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Ubuntu karmic-updates

Bug Description

TEST CASE:
1. use jaunty kubuntu
2. modify /etc/sand.d/dll.conf by adding some comments
3. run do-release-upgrade --frontend DistUpgradeViewKDE
4. verify that it crashes around at around ~70% installed

5. repeat step 1
6. enabled jaunty-proposed
7. repeat step 2,3
8. verify that the upgrade finishes

Binary package hint: update-notifier-kde

Updating failed and kdesudo had a crash.

I guess this has to do something with config files that need user interaction to get replaced with new versions. From main.log:
  [...]
  2009-10-23 13:33:45,706 DEBUG got a conffile-prompt from dpkg for file: '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
  2009-10-23 13:33:45,711 ERROR IOError in cache.commit(): '[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/share/python-qt4/widget-plugins/kde4.py''. Retrying (currentTry: 2)
  2009-10-23 13:33:45,711 ERROR giving up on fetching after maximum retries
  2009-10-23 13:33:45,806 ERROR not handled exception in KDE frontend:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  [...]

I don't know how the kdesudo crash is related to this, but is crashed and the "karmic" task was blocked so I had to kill it although update was not fully successful.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 24 01:15:21 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-notifier-kde 9.10ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_GB:en
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-6.20-386
SourcePackage: update-notifier-kde
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-6-386 i686
XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2714): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

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FriedChicken (domlyons) wrote :
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FriedChicken (domlyons) wrote :
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FriedChicken (domlyons) wrote :
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FriedChicken (domlyons) wrote :
Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
affects: update-notifier-kde (Ubuntu) → update-manager (Ubuntu)
Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)
summary: - [Karmic] update-notifier-kde: not handled exception in KDE frontend
+ [Karmic] update-manager-kde: not handled exception in KDE frontend
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote : Re: [Karmic] update-manager-kde: not handled exception in KDE frontend

It crashes because of:

No such file or directory: '/usr/share/python-qt4/widget-plugins/kde4.py''

affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) → kdebindings (Ubuntu)
Changed in kdebindings (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → karmic-updates
Changed in kdebindings (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: - [Karmic] update-manager-kde: not handled exception in KDE frontend
+ [Karmic] update-manager-kde: conffile prompt/error during upgrade cause
+ crash
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

It looks like its triggered by a conffile prompt in the middle of the upgrade when kdebindings is not in a fully working state.

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Jonathan Riddell (jr) wrote :

debdiff to fix link

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Jonathan Riddell (jr) wrote :

uploaded to karmic-proposed, awaiting approval

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

I reviewed the package in -proposed, approved. Will accept right after karmic release.

Changed in kdebindings (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Michael Vogt (mvo)
description: updated
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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote :

I just did a test ugprade with the patched kdebindings from my ppa:mvo and it works with that flawlessly. Thanks for the fix Riddell!

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Accepted kdebindings into karmic-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

tags: added: verification-needed
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Ernst Kloppenburg (ernst-kloppenburg) wrote :

I have tested it sucessfully on a copy of the system where the upgrade from jaunty to karmic previously had failed
# enabled -proposed
# started update-notifier-kde -d
# the upgrade went smoothly

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Helmut A. Bender (ubuntu-helmut-bender) wrote :

I had a similar problem with the update process crashing (configuring xosview => kdesu segfault).

What I don't understand:
- Why is importance only medium?
- Why 'Will accept right after karmic release'?

Do you know, what that bug means? I tried to update my laptop yesterday. The update process crashed. I tried to finish it 'by hand', but have now an unusable laptop; it doesn't boot anymore.
That was my first impression of karmic. I shurely will not upgrade my main pc... I need it to work and have no time to either try getting it running nor to reinstall.

In my humble opinion this bug is a showstopper and should be fixed immediately, so nobody else ever will see this crash!

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Marco Cimmino (cimmo) wrote :

Same here but happened at the end of upgrade just before asking to remove obsolete packages, attaching log.

Martin Pitt (pitti)
tags: added: verification-done
removed: verification-needed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kdebindings - 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4.1

---------------
kdebindings (4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4.1) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * Fix link to kde4.py in python-kde4.links, closes LP: #459471

 -- Jonathan Riddell <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:47 +0000

Changed in kdebindings (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Copied karmic-proposed to lucid.

Changed in kdebindings (Ubuntu):
milestone: karmic-updates → none
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in kdebindings (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kdebindings - 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4.1

---------------
kdebindings (4:4.3.2-0ubuntu4.1) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * Fix link to kde4.py in python-kde4.links, closes LP: #459471

 -- Jonathan Riddell <email address hidden> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:47 +0000

Changed in kdebindings (Ubuntu Karmic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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