Bug#765973: hicolor-icon-theme: cycle errors while processing triggers

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort]

Control: reassign -1 dpkg
Control: forcemerge 765434 -1

On 19/10/14 20:42, Misfortunado Farmbuyer wrote:
> Package: hicolor-icon-theme
> Version: 0.13-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Updating from unstable today and got this:
>
> =============================================================
> dpkg: cycle found while processing triggers:
>   chain of packages whose triggers are or may be responsible:
>    man-db -> menu
>   packages' pending triggers which are or may be unresolvable:
>    hicolor-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/hicolor
>    man-db: /usr/share/man
>    sgml-base: /etc/sgml
>    menu: /usr/share/menu
>    desktop-file-utils: /usr/share/applications
>    mime-support: /usr/lib/mime/packages: /usr/share/applications
> dpkg: error processing package hicolor-icon-theme (--unpack):
>   triggers looping, abandoned
> Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47) ...
> Processing triggers for mime-support (3.57) ...
> Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
> Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.26+nmu4) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   hicolor-icon-themeE: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> Failed to perform requested operation on package.  Trying to recover:
> =============================================================
>
> I'm afraid I don't understand the implications nor the possible causes,
> being completely unfamiliar with hicolor-icon-theme.  It doesn't seem
> to be immediately bringing about the end of the world.  :-)

This is a known bug in dpkg. Reassigning.

Emilio