[DRE-maint] Bug#792361: redmine: dpkg --configure broken when installing ruby packages

[Jörg-Volker Peetz]

Antonio Terceiro wrote on 07/14/2015 15:03:
> Control: reassign -1 ruby-jquery-rails
> Control: notfound -1 3.1.2-6
> Control: found -1 4.0.4-1
> Control: ruby-jquery-rails: new version breaks redmine dependencies
> Control: affects -1 + redmine
> 
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:04:19AM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
>> Package: redmine
>> Version: 3.0~20140825-8
>> Severity: serious
>>
>> Dear Antonio, dear maintainers,
>>
>> thanks for the new redmine version. Installing it on my stretch/sid
>> Debian worked without problem.
>>
>> After that I tried to update the ruby packages ruby-jquery-rails,
>> ruby-kgio, and ruby-raindrops.
>> This does not work. The following is an extract from the aptitude
>> output:
>>
>> ...
>> Setting up ruby-jquery-rails (4.0.4-1) ...
>> Setting up ruby-kgio (2.9.3-1) ...
>> Setting up ruby-raindrops (0.14.0-1) ...
>> Processing triggers for redmine (3.0~20140825-8) ...
>> Could not find gem 'jquery-rails (~> 3.1.1) ruby' in any of the gem sources
>> listed in your Gemfile or available on this machine.
>> dpkg: error processing package redmine (--configure):
>>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 7
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  redmine
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>> Failed to perform requested operation on package.  Trying to recover:
>> Setting up redmine (3.0~20140825-8) ...
>> Could not find gem 'jquery-rails (~> 3.1.1) ruby' in any of the gem sources
>> listed in your Gemfile or available on this machine.
>> dpkg: error processing package redmine (--configure):
>>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 7
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  redmine
> 
> This has nothing to do with redmine, but with the fact that
> ruby-jquery-rails was upgraded to a version that breaks the redmine
> dependency checking.
> 
Yes indeed, going back to version 3.1.2-2 of ruby-jquery-rails fixes the problem
on my stretch/sid system.
Thanks, Antonio.

> To the Ruby team: seriously, we need to find a way to check these things
> *before* uploading. It's not like we can't move forward, but this type
> of thing needs to be at least coordinated!
> 
-- 
Regards,
Jörg.