Bug#502750: gossip-common: piuparts test fails: /var/lib/dpkg/info/gossip-common.postinst: line 15: gconf-schemas: command not found

Lucas Nussbaum lucas at lucas-nussbaum.net
Sun Oct 19 14:01:48 UTC 2008


Package: gossip-common
Version: 1:0.31-1
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts-20081019 piuparts

Hi,

During tests using piuparts of all packages in lenny,
I ran into the following problem:

>   Reading package lists...
>   Building dependency tree...
>   Reading state information...
>   The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>     libgc1c2
>   Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
>   The following NEW packages will be installed:
>     gossip-common
>   0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>   Need to get 1124kB of archives.
>   After this operation, 3449kB of additional disk space will be used.
>   WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
>     gossip-common
>   Authentication warning overridden.
>   Get:1 http://127.0.0.1 lenny/main gossip-common 1:0.31-1 [1124kB]
>   debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
>   Fetched 1124kB in 0s (1933kB/s)
>   Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
>   Selecting previously deselected package gossip-common.
>   (Reading database ... 5779 files and directories currently installed.)
>   Unpacking gossip-common (from .../gossip-common_1%3a0.31-1_all.deb) ...
>   Can not write log, openpty() failed (/dev/pts not mounted?)
>   Setting up gossip-common (1:0.31-1) ...
>   /var/lib/dpkg/info/gossip-common.postinst: line 15: gconf-schemas: command not found
>   dpkg: error processing gossip-common (--configure):
>    subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>   Errors were encountered while processing:
>    gossip-common
>   E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

It is reproducible by installing your package in a clean chroot - cleaned
up using:
 debfoster -o MaxPriority=required -o UseRecommends=no -f -n apt debfoster

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