[Bug 1076387] [NEW] Oneiric to Precise upgrade fails with 'files list file for package libmetacity-private0 is missing final newline' message

[Parameswaran Sivatharman]

Public bug reported:

/usr/bin/dpkg returns an error code (2) encountered in Oneiric to
precise upgrade due to

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in install_archives
    install_progress.startUpdate()
AttributeError: 'NonInteractiveInstallProgress' object has no attribute 'startUpdate'

The apt-term log contains the following error message
(Reading database ... 70%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 files list file for package 'libmetacity-private0' is missing final newline

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-23.39-generic 3.0.36
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-23-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov  8 15:06:25 2012
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-11-07 (0 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug dist-upgrade i386 oneiric qa-daily-testing

** Summary changed:

- Oneiric to Precise upgrade fails with 'libmetacity-private0 is missing final newline' message
+ Oneiric to Precise upgrade fails with 'files list file for package libmetacity-private0 is missing final newline' message

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Title:
  Oneiric to Precise upgrade fails with 'files list file for package
  libmetacity-private0 is missing final newline' message

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

Bug description:
  /usr/bin/dpkg returns an error code (2) encountered in Oneiric to
  precise upgrade due to

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in install_archives
      install_progress.startUpdate()
  AttributeError: 'NonInteractiveInstallProgress' object has no attribute 'startUpdate'

  The apt-term log contains the following error message
  (Reading database ... 70%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
   files list file for package 'libmetacity-private0' is missing final newline

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.12
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-23.39-generic 3.0.36
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-23-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Nov  8 15:06:25 2012
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-11-07 (0 days ago)

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