Bug#577142: gconf2: Fails to install

Sat Apr 10 01:18:04 UTC 2010

Package: gconf2
Version: 2.28.1-2
Severity: grave

In my pbuilder chroot, I get:

frobnitz:/# apt-get install gconf2
Reading package lists... Done     
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done 
The following extra packages will be installed:
  adduser dbus dbus-x11 gconf2-common libdb4.5 libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2
  libgconf2-4 libglib2.0-0 libidl0 liborbit2 libpcre3 libssl0.9.8 libx11-6 
  libx11-data libxau6 libxcb1 libxdmcp6 libxml2 mime-support psmisc python 
  python-minimal python2.5 python2.5-minimal ucf                           
Suggested packages:                                                        
  gconf-defaults-service python-doc python-tk python-profiler python2.5-doc
  binfmt-support                                                           
Recommended packages:                                                      
  libgtk2.0-0 libglib2.0-data shared-mime-info xml-core file               
The following NEW packages will be installed:                              
  adduser dbus dbus-x11 gconf2 gconf2-common libdb4.5 libdbus-1-3          
  libdbus-glib-1-2 libgconf2-4 libglib2.0-0 libidl0 liborbit2 libpcre3     
  libssl0.9.8 libx11-6 libx11-data libxau6 libxcb1 libxdmcp6 libxml2       
  mime-support psmisc python python-minimal python2.5 python2.5-minimal ucf
0 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.            
Need to get 2104kB/12.8MB of archives.                                     
After this operation, 40.4MB of additional disk space will be used.        
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?                                             
Get:1 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu sid/main gconf2-common 2.28.1-2 [1677kB]      
Get:2 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu sid/main libgconf2-4 2.28.1-2 [276kB]         
Get:3 http://ftp.egr.msu.edu sid/main gconf2 2.28.1-2 [152kB]              
Fetched 2104kB in 2s (849kB/s)                                             
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed  
Selecting previously deselected package adduser.                           
(Reading database ... 11443 files and directories currently installed.)    
Unpacking adduser (from .../archives/adduser_3.112_all.deb) ...            
Selecting previously deselected package libssl0.9.8.                       
Unpacking libssl0.9.8 (from .../libssl0.9.8_0.9.8n-1_amd64.deb) ...        
Selecting previously deselected package libdb4.5.                          
Unpacking libdb4.5 (from .../libdb4.5_4.5.20-13.1_amd64.deb) ...           
Selecting previously deselected package libpcre3.                          
Unpacking libpcre3 (from .../libpcre3_7.8-3_amd64.deb) ...                 
Selecting previously deselected package libxml2.                           
Unpacking libxml2 (from .../libxml2_2.7.7.dfsg-2_amd64.deb) ...            
Selecting previously deselected package mime-support.                      
Unpacking mime-support (from .../mime-support_3.48-1_all.deb) ...          
Selecting previously deselected package python2.5-minimal.                 
Unpacking python2.5-minimal (from .../python2.5-minimal_2.5.5-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package python2.5.                            
Unpacking python2.5 (from .../python2.5_2.5.5-4_amd64.deb) ...                
Selecting previously deselected package python-minimal.                       
Unpacking python-minimal (from .../python-minimal_2.5.4-9_all.deb) ...        
Selecting previously deselected package python.                               
Unpacking python (from .../python_2.5.4-9_all.deb) ...                        
Selecting previously deselected package ucf.                                  
Unpacking ucf (from .../archives/ucf_3.0025_all.deb) ...                      
Moving old data out of the way                                                
Selecting previously deselected package libdbus-1-3.                          
Unpacking libdbus-1-3 (from .../libdbus-1-3_1.2.24-1_amd64.deb) ...           
Selecting previously deselected package dbus.                                 
Unpacking dbus (from .../dbus_1.2.24-1_amd64.deb) ...                         
Selecting previously deselected package libxau6.                              
Unpacking libxau6 (from .../libxau6_1%3a1.0.5-2_amd64.deb) ...                
Selecting previously deselected package libxdmcp6.                            
Unpacking libxdmcp6 (from .../libxdmcp6_1%3a1.0.3-2_amd64.deb) ...            
Selecting previously deselected package libxcb1.                              
Unpacking libxcb1 (from .../libxcb1_1.5-3_amd64.deb) ...                      
Selecting previously deselected package libx11-data.                          
Unpacking libx11-data (from .../libx11-data_2%3a1.3.3-2_all.deb) ...          
Selecting previously deselected package libx11-6.                             
Unpacking libx11-6 (from .../libx11-6_2%3a1.3.3-2_amd64.deb) ...              
Selecting previously deselected package dbus-x11.                             
Unpacking dbus-x11 (from .../dbus-x11_1.2.24-1_amd64.deb) ...                 
Selecting previously deselected package libglib2.0-0.                         
Unpacking libglib2.0-0 (from .../libglib2.0-0_2.24.0-1_amd64.deb) ...         
Selecting previously deselected package libdbus-glib-1-2.                     
Unpacking libdbus-glib-1-2 (from .../libdbus-glib-1-2_0.84-1_amd64.deb) ...   
Selecting previously deselected package libidl0.                              
Unpacking libidl0 (from .../libidl0_0.8.13-1_amd64.deb) ...                   
Selecting previously deselected package liborbit2.                            
Unpacking liborbit2 (from .../liborbit2_1%3a2.14.17-2_amd64.deb) ...          
Selecting previously deselected package gconf2-common.                        
Unpacking gconf2-common (from .../gconf2-common_2.28.1-2_all.deb) ...         
Selecting previously deselected package libgconf2-4.                          
Unpacking libgconf2-4 (from .../libgconf2-4_2.28.1-2_amd64.deb) ...           
Selecting previously deselected package psmisc.                               
Unpacking psmisc (from .../psmisc_22.11-1_amd64.deb) ...                      
Selecting previously deselected package gconf2.                               
Unpacking gconf2 (from .../gconf2_2.28.1-2_amd64.deb) ...                     
Setting up adduser (3.112) ...                                                
Setting up libssl0.9.8 (0.9.8n-1) ...                                         
Setting up libdb4.5 (4.5.20-13.1) ...                                         
Setting up libpcre3 (7.8-3) ...
Setting up libxml2 (2.7.7.dfsg-2) ...
Setting up mime-support (3.48-1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/see to provide /usr/bin/view (view) in auto mode.
Setting up python2.5-minimal (2.5.5-4) ...
Setting up python2.5 (2.5.5-4) ...
Setting up python-minimal (2.5.4-9) ...
Setting up python (2.5.4-9) ...
Setting up ucf (3.0025) ...
Setting up libdbus-1-3 (1.2.24-1) ...
Setting up dbus (1.2.24-1) ...
invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of start.
Setting up libxau6 (1:1.0.5-2) ...
Setting up libxdmcp6 (1:1.0.3-2) ...
Setting up libxcb1 (1.5-3) ...
Setting up libx11-data (2:1.3.3-2) ...
Setting up libx11-6 (2:1.3.3-2) ...
Setting up dbus-x11 (1.2.24-1) ...
Setting up libglib2.0-0 (2.24.0-1) ...
Setting up libdbus-glib-1-2 (0.84-1) ...
Setting up libidl0 (0.8.13-1) ...
Setting up liborbit2 (1:2.14.17-2) ...
Setting up gconf2-common (2.28.1-2) ...

Creating config file /etc/gconf/2/path with new version
Setting up libgconf2-4 (2.28.1-2) ...
Setting up psmisc (22.11-1) ...
Setting up gconf2 (2.28.1-2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gconftool-2 to provide /usr/bin/gconftool (gconftool) in auto mode.
Usage: gconf-schemas --[un]register file1.schemas [file2.schemas [...]]

gconf-schemas: error: You need at least a file to (un)register.
dpkg: error processing gconf2 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gconf2
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
-- 
Daniel Schepler