Bug#766784: libjson-pp-perl: can neither remove nor install newer version of this package

[gregor herrmann]

On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 19:35:40 +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:

> > Something is broken here indeed; I'm just wondering how you got into
> > this situation; [..]
> 
> I've attached the relevant portions of my dpkg.log in the hopes that
> might provide some useful information.

Thank you.

> 2014-10-11 22:50:46 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1
> 2014-10-11 22:50:46 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1
> 2014-10-11 22:50:46 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1
> 2014-10-11 22:50:47 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1

So this starts with 2.27203-1 ...

> 2014-10-11 22:50:47 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-11 22:50:47 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-11 22:51:31 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-11 22:51:31 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-11 22:51:31 status installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1

... and installs 2.27300-1. "status installed" sounds good.

Same days later ...

> 2014-10-23 23:25:12 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:25:12 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:25:12 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:25:13 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:25:13 status installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1

... 2.27300-1 is installed again (hu?). Again "status installed".
Good.

> 2014-10-23 23:47:42 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:47:42 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:47:42 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:47:42 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:47:42 status installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:48:15 status installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:48:15 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:48:15 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:48:23 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-23 23:48:23 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1

20 minutes later it gets installed again (hu?), but now it it ends up
half-installed ...

> 2014-10-24 20:26:53 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-24 20:26:53 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-24 20:31:40 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-24 20:31:40 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-24 20:32:30 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-24 20:32:30 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-24 20:32:41 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-24 20:32:42 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 17:58:22 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 17:58:23 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:11:05 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:11:05 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:13:09 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:13:10 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:13:13 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:13:13 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:13:30 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:13:30 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:18:07 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
> 2014-10-25 18:18:08 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1

... and this stays the same for subsequent days, and 2.27300-1-2 never appears.


For comparison, that's how it looks like for me:

% grep json-pp ~log/dpkg.log
2014-10-10 13:39:45 upgrade libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1 2.27300-1
2014-10-10 13:39:45 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1
2014-10-10 13:39:45 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1
2014-10-10 13:39:45 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1
2014-10-10 13:39:45 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1
2014-10-10 13:39:45 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27203-1
2014-10-10 13:39:45 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-10 13:39:45 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-10 13:40:05 configure libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1 <none>
2014-10-10 13:40:05 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-10 13:40:05 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-10 13:40:05 status installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1

2014-10-20 18:42:57 upgrade libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1 2.27300-2
2014-10-20 18:42:57 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-20 18:42:57 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-20 18:42:57 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-20 18:42:57 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-20 18:42:57 status half-installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-1
2014-10-20 18:42:57 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-2
2014-10-20 18:42:57 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-2
2014-10-20 18:43:10 configure libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-2 <none>
2014-10-20 18:43:10 status unpacked libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-2
2014-10-20 18:43:10 status half-configured libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-2
2014-10-20 18:43:10 status installed libjson-pp-perl:all 2.27300-2


Some things I don't understand in your log:
- the missing "upgrade" and "configure" lines
- that 2.27300-1 (tries to) get(s) installed 3 times


Cheers,
gregor, still confused

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