Bug#264363: gconf2: gconftool-2 crashes during postinst of multiple packages

[Guido Trotter]

Package: gconf2
Version: 2.6.3-1
Severity: grave

While upgrading to today's sid I was stuck by the following errors:

Setting up gnome-system-monitor (2.6.0-5) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-system-monitor.postinst: line 15:  6945 Segmentation fault      HOME=/root GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source` gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule $SCHEMA_LOCATION/$SCHEMA >/dev/null
dpkg: error processing gnome-system-monitor (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Setting up metacity (2.8.1-4) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/metacity.postinst: line 42:  6956 Segmentation fault      HOME=/root GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source` gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule $SCHEMA_LOCATION/$SCHEMA >/dev/null
dpkg: error processing metacity (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Setting up rhythmbox (0.8.5-3) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/rhythmbox.postinst: line 15:  6965 Segmentation fault      HOME=/root GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source` gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule $SCHEMA_LOCATION/$SCHEMA >/dev/null
dpkg: error processing rhythmbox (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Setting up gnome-media (2.6.2-0.3) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-media.postinst: line 13:  6968 Segmentation fault      HOME=/root GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=xml::/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule /etc/gconf/schemas/$FILES >/dev/null
dpkg: error processing gnome-media (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gnome-system-monitor
 metacity
 rhythmbox
 gnome-media


It seems that gconftool-2 is segfaulting! :/

Thanks,

Guido

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

Versions of packages gconf2 depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.6.1-2.1    The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.6.3-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.4.5-2      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.4.4-2      The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  liborbit2                   1:2.10.2-1.1 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.4.1-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                    1.7-4        lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libxml2                     2.6.11-3     GNOME XML library
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1.1-5  compression library - runtime

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