[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#445090: Bug#445090: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255

Soeren Sonnenburg bugreports at nn7.de
Wed Oct 3 17:08:34 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 19:00 +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 08:43:52AM +0200, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote:
> > Package: libssl0.9.8
> > Version: 0.9.8e-9
> > Severity: grave
> > 
> > This happened on todays upgrade of 2 independent etch based machines.
> > 
> > # apt-get upgrade
> > Preconfiguring packages ...
> > (Reading database ... 31627 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Preparing to replace libssl-dev 0.9.8c-4 (using .../libssl-dev_0.9.8c-4etch1_i386.deb) ...
> > Unpacking replacement libssl-dev ...
> > Preparing to replace libssl0.9.8 0.9.8c-4 (using .../libssl0.9.8_0.9.8c-4etch1_i386.deb) ...
> > Unpacking replacement libssl0.9.8 ...
> > Preparing to replace openssl 0.9.8c-4 (using .../openssl_0.9.8c-4etch1_i386.deb) ...
> > Unpacking replacement openssl ...
> > Setting up libssl0.9.8 (0.9.8c-4etch1) ...
> > Checking for services that may need to be restarted...done.
> > Checking init scripts...
> > Configuring libssl0.9.8
> > -----------------------
> [...]
> > Which services should be restarted to make them use the new libraries?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > dpkg: error processing libssl0.9.8 (--configure):
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libssl-dev:
> >  libssl-dev depends on libssl0.9.8 (= 0.9.8c-4etch1); however:
> >   Package libssl0.9.8 is not configured yet.
> > dpkg: error processing libssl-dev (--configure):
> >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openssl:
> >  openssl depends on libssl0.9.8 (>= 0.9.8c-1); however:
> >   Package libssl0.9.8 is not configured yet.
> > dpkg: error processing openssl (--configure):
> >  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  libssl0.9.8
> >  libssl-dev
> >  openssl
> 
> How is debconf configured?  How did you run the upgrade?

I manually ran apt-get upgrade.

> Was this some automated upgrade with frontend dialog that didn't have
> a controlling tty?
> 
> I've tried to use the fronends dialog, readline and noninteractive.
> Neither of them show this problem for me.

One frontend was readline and the other dialog.

> The results I got were:
> - dialog: it's not showing me the default list of services
>   to restart.  Just pressing enter doesn't restart anything.
>   I believe this to be a bug in debconf.
>   However it does properly configure the package.
> - readline: Works as expected

For me it was vice-versa. dialog was showing me the services and did
also restart them. Readline did not show any service (I was supposed to
type them in manually but left it blank).

Soeren





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