[Bug 829110] Re: package dhcp3-client 3.1.3-2ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: package dhcp3-client is already installed and configured

Raphaël Hertzog hertzog at debian.org
Fri Aug 19 12:42:05 UTC 2011


On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Mark Minnich wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> Tried to update and got an error
> 
> 1) Ver 10.04LTS
> 2) Installing security patches.
> 3) A good update
> 4) A dpkg failure.

The precise error is:
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 files list file for package 'checkbox' is missing final newline

Can you attach the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/checkbox.list to see
exactly what got written down?

In theory, dpkg only writes valid .list files and usually this error is the
result of some sort of file system corruption.

What filesystem are you using for /var? Are you using an SSD disk?

Your log is interesting because the error clearly appears after an upgrade
of checkbox 0.8.6 to 0.9.1. That said one month elapsed between the
upgrade and the first time we see the failure.

Cheers,
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** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  package dhcp3-client 3.1.3-2ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade:
  package dhcp3-client is already installed and configured

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Tried to update and got an error

  1) Ver 10.04LTS
  2) Installing security patches.
  3) A good update
  4) A dpkg failure.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: dhcp3-client 3.1.3-2ubuntu3.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-33.72-generic 2.6.32.41+drm33.18
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-33-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Aug 18 20:00:01 2011
  DhclientLeases:
   
  ErrorMessage: package dhcp3-client is already installed and configured
  KernLog:
   
  ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=cc118ba3-f291-4590-8bf8-3a4077a11ba4 ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package dhcp3-client 3.1.3-2ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: package dhcp3-client is already installed and configured

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