[Bug 659438] Updated

[j de lima]

ok, noted!

thanks

On 4/8/12 8:34 AM, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> In Precise the issue doesn't appear since there is a race between the
> simulate() and the run() method which eats the exception. This race
> situation has been fixed in trunk recently that hasn't been uploaded
> yet.
>
> Furthermore aptdaemon trunk now catches the exception in the
> apt.cache.Cache.required_download call and lets the transaction fail
> with an ERROR_INCOMPLETE_INSTALL. So we won't get any bug reports of
> this anymore - although the issue isn't fixed on the lower level
> (debconf/apt).
>
> Unfortunately software-center doesn't handle the
> ERROR_INCOMPLETE_INSTALL correctly yet. It just displays the error
> message but doesn't offer to run the FixIncompleteInstall() method of
> aptdaemon which would basically run "dpkg --configure -a" and fix the
> system.
>
> Additionally the current error message doesn't contain any hind to run
> sudo dpkg --configure -a manually.
>
> But it seems to be a first step to resolve the issue. I will try to
> create a working patch for s-c in the next days.
>

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Title:
  Installation/Removal fails because of package which could not be
  located (failure in apt.Cache.required_download)

Status in Aptdaemon:
  Fix Committed
Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “python-apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “apt” source package in Maverick:
  Confirmed
Status in “aptdaemon” source package in Maverick:
  Fix Released
Status in “python-apt” source package in Maverick:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:

  1. Run apt-get nstall ms-ttcorefonts-installer in a terminal
  2. Close the terminal window at the EULA question (apt-get/dpkg/debconf) will sting hang in the background and lock the system)
  3. Reboot


  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 768, in simulate
      return self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 936, in _simulate_helper
      return depends, status, self._cache.required_download, \
    File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 218, in required_download
      pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
  SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the liblua50 package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

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