Bug#762547: oss-compat: Upgrade to compat_2+deb7u1 fails during configure

Tue Sep 23 19:19:02 UTC 2014

Awesome. That worked for me too! It seems like left overs were 
messing with the upgrade. Thanks. :)

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:01:17PM +0300, Juhani Karlsson wrote:
> Same error here, purge and reinstall fixed.
> 
> 
> 
> apt-get update && apt-get -u dist-upgrade
> Hit ftp://ftp.fi.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg
> Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [198 B]
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> Ign http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en
> Ign http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib Translation-fi
> Fetched 2 738 B in 6s (442 B/s)
> Reading package lists... Done
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   apt apt-doc apt-utils libapt-inst1.5 libapt-pkg4.12 libsnmp-base libsnmp15
> oss-compat
> 8 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/6 250 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 105 kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> Retrieving bug reports... 0%
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> serious bugs of oss-compat (2 -> 2+deb7u1) <tagged as pending a fix>
>  #762547 - oss-compat: Upgrade to compat_2+deb7u1 fails during configure
> Summary:
>  oss-compat(1 bug)
> Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above packages? [Y/n/?/...]
> Reading changelogs...
> (Reading database ... 299994 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace libapt-pkg4.12:i386 0.9.7.9+deb7u4 (using
> .../libapt-pkg4.12_0.9.7.9+deb7u5_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libapt-pkg4.12:i386 ...
> Setting up libapt-pkg4.12:i386 (0.9.7.9+deb7u5) ...
> (Reading database ... 299994 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace apt 0.9.7.9+deb7u4 (using
> .../apt_0.9.7.9+deb7u5_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement apt ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Setting up apt (0.9.7.9+deb7u5) ...
> gpg: key B98321F9: "Squeeze Stable Release Key
> <debian-release at lists.debian.org>" not changed
> gpg: key 473041FA: "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (6.0/squeeze)
> <ftpmaster at debian.org>" not changed
> gpg: key 65FFB764: "Wheezy Stable Release Key
> <debian-release at lists.debian.org>" not changed
> gpg: key 46925553: "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (7.0/wheezy)
> <ftpmaster at debian.org>" not changed
> gpg: Total number processed: 4
> gpg:              unchanged: 4
> (Reading database ... 299994 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace libapt-inst1.5:i386 0.9.7.9+deb7u4 (using
> .../libapt-inst1.5_0.9.7.9+deb7u5_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libapt-inst1.5:i386 ...
> Preparing to replace apt-utils 0.9.7.9+deb7u4 (using
> .../apt-utils_0.9.7.9+deb7u5_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement apt-utils ...
> Preparing to replace apt-doc 0.9.7.9+deb7u4 (using
> .../apt-doc_0.9.7.9+deb7u5_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement apt-doc ...
> Preparing to replace libsnmp-base 5.4.3~dfsg-2.8 (using
> .../libsnmp-base_5.4.3~dfsg-2.8+deb7u1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libsnmp-base ...
> Preparing to replace libsnmp15 5.4.3~dfsg-2.8 (using
> .../libsnmp15_5.4.3~dfsg-2.8+deb7u1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libsnmp15 ...
> Preparing to replace oss-compat 2 (using .../oss-compat_2+deb7u1_i386.deb)
> ...
> Unpacking replacement oss-compat ...
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Setting up libapt-inst1.5:i386 (0.9.7.9+deb7u5) ...
> Setting up apt-utils (0.9.7.9+deb7u5) ...
> Setting up apt-doc (0.9.7.9+deb7u5) ...
> Setting up libsnmp-base (5.4.3~dfsg-2.8+deb7u1) ...
> Setting up libsnmp15 (5.4.3~dfsg-2.8+deb7u1) ...
> Setting up oss-compat (2+deb7u1) ...
> cp: missing destination file operand after `/lib/oss-compat/linux'
> Try `cp --help' for more information.
> dpkg: error processing oss-compat (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  oss-compat
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> root at abcdef:~#
> 
> 
> 
> apt-get update && apt-get -u dist-upgrade
> Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg
> Hit ftp://ftp.fi.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg
> ...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> Ign http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en
> Ign http://download.virtualbox.org wheezy/contrib Translation-fi
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> Setting up oss-compat (2+deb7u1) ...
> cp: missing destination file operand after `/lib/oss-compat/linux'
> Try `cp --help' for more information.
> dpkg: error processing oss-compat (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  oss-compat
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> root at abcdef:~#
> 
> 
> 
> root at abcdef:~# apt-get remove oss-compat --purge
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   oss-compat*
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 1 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 7 168 B disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> (Reading database ... 299982 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing oss-compat ...
> Purging configuration files for oss-compat ...
> root at abcdef:~# apt-get install oss-compat
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   oss-compat
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/4 980 B of archives.
> After this operation, 7 168 B of additional disk space will be used.
> Retrieving bug reports... 0%
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> serious bugs of oss-compat (-> 2+deb7u1) <tagged as pending a fix>
>  #762547 - oss-compat: Upgrade to compat_2+deb7u1 fails during configure
> Summary:
>  oss-compat(1 bug) Are you sure you want to install/upgrade the above 
> packages? [Y/n/?/...] Selecting previously unselected package 
> oss-compat. (Reading database ... 299988 files and directories 
> currently installed.) Unpacking oss-compat (from 
> .../oss-compat_2+deb7u1_i386.deb) ... Setting up oss-compat (2+deb7u1) 
> ... 