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

[Yadd]

Control: close -1
Control: notfound -1 javascript-common/12

On 4/11/25 18:34, Fiona Ebner wrote:
> 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
Looks to be a false positive.