[Bug 1446880] Re: package iucode-tool 1.1.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package iucode-tool is already installed and configured

[dino99]

@Brian

My two cents about such bug:  " package xxxx  is already installed and configured "
- it have been seen at least since Precise
- Apport blame dpkg
- but i'm using 'synaptic' instead of the now defaulted 'software-center' in ubuntu, and never met such a bug on my systems
- as i understand, when a package is installed & configured, its status is not updated as expected

So Software-center, or one of its dependencies, should be blamed instead of dpkg. Those are never fixed and upstream never know about them.
Apport wrongly blame dpkg, and does not understand the repeating " package xxxx is already installed and configured " and is disturbed by the package name, which can be randomly every package in the archive. So it never detect duplicates in such a case.

Looks like the now applied tests have missed such a possiblity.

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Title:
  package iucode-tool 1.1.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package iucode-
  tool is already installed and configured

Status in Apport crash detection/reporting:
  New
Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  crash

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: iucode-tool 1.1.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
  AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CrashReports:
   600:0:119:333139:2015-04-21 23:57:25.912318468 +0200:2015-04-21 23:57:26.912318468 +0200:/var/crash/iucode-tool.0.crash
   600:0:119:333156:2015-04-21 23:57:26.940318688 +0200:2015-04-21 23:57:26.912318549 +0200:/var/crash/intel-microcode.0.crash
  Date: Tue Apr 21 23:57:26 2015
  DuplicateSignature: package:iucode-tool:1.1.1-1:package iucode-tool is already installed and configured
  ErrorMessage: package iucode-tool is already installed and configured
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-21 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta i386 (20150326)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1
   apt  1.0.9.7ubuntu4
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package iucode-tool 1.1.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package iucode-tool is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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