[Bug 396506] Re: Intrepid -> Jaunty upgrade: dpkg sub process seg faulted, leaving update-manager in unresponsive state and an unkillable dpkg process preventing manual intervention

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[Expired for update-manager (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
for 60 days.]

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  Intrepid -> Jaunty upgrade: dpkg sub process seg faulted, leaving
  update-manager in unresponsive state and an unkillable dpkg process
  preventing manual intervention

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  On a fully up to date Intrepid install selected to upgrade to Jaunty using the update-manager.
  Upgrade proceeded as normal, channels updated, packages to be updated, added or removed made and all downloads made.  During package installation when performing config of libnspr4 executing a call to rm caused a segfault and kernel oops.  This left the update-manager gui locked and unresponsive, also the current dpkg process was left in a Ds state and was unkillable by either sig 15 or 9.  To resolve I needed to reboot, run  dpkg --configure -a, apt-get install -f and finally apt-get dist-upgrade to complete.  I'm an experienced linux user but a novice shouldn't need to delve to command-line to rectify what is generally a automatically resolvable issue.

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