[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1101456: fails to upgrade

[Fiona Ebner]

Hi,

On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 21:35:20 +0100 VA <bugs at indigo.re> wrote:
> Package: javascript-common
> Version: 12
> Severity: serious
> 
> For some reason, javascript-common fails to upgrade, and it also fails 
> to be reinstalled, which prevents from upgrading dependents.
> 
> ```
> # dpkg --configure --pending
> Setting up javascript-common (12) ...
> dpkg: error processing package javascript-common (--configure):
>   installed javascript-common package post-installation script 
> subprocess returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dokuwiki:
>   dokuwiki depends on javascript-common; however:
>    Package javascript-common is not configured yet.
> 
> dpkg: error processing package dokuwiki (--configure):
>   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   javascript-common
>   dokuwiki
> ```
> 
> I tried to follow what's inside #718318 but I have no javascript-common 
> file in /etc/apache2. I don't have lighthttpd, so I removed 
> /etc/lighttpd (which contained files from javascript-common, see 
> #912002) and tried to install again:
> 
> ```
> # dpkg -i javascript-common_12_all.deb
> (Reading database ... 482559 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to unpack javascript-common_12_all.deb ...
> Unpacking javascript-common (12) over (12) ...
> Setting up javascript-common (12) ...
> javascript-alias was disabled in lighttpd.
> Hint: Use "lighttpd-enable-mod javascript-alias" to re-enable.
> dpkg: error processing package javascript-common (--install):
>   installed javascript-common package post-installation script 
> subprocess returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   javascript-common
> ```
> 
> As you can see, there's no error message indicating why it fails.
> 
> 

AFAICT, the postinst script most likely fails in the automatically added
snippet:

> # Automatically added by dh_apache2/UNDECLARED
> if true; then
> 	if [ -e /usr/share/apache2/apache2-maintscript-helper ] ; then
> 		. /usr/share/apache2/apache2-maintscript-helper
> 		for conf in javascript-common  ; do
> 			apache2_invoke enconf $conf  || exit 1
> 		done
> 	fi
> fi
> # End automatically added section

Looking at the apache2-maintscript-helper, could you please run the
following commands and share the output?

> a2query -c javascript-common
> echo $?

Please also check your system logs/journal from the time around you
attempted the upgrade, there might be more messages there.

I wasn't able to reproduce the issue. For me, the javascript-common
installs and re-installs without issue. Thus, I wonder if this should be
considered release-critical or lowered in priority.

Best Regards,
Fiona