[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#523187: Same issue for me

[Pierre-Luc Beaudoin]

I have the same issue (which I also encountered when installing
mysql-server today, but not when upgrading some 100 packages).

Here is the output of dpkg --configure -a (with set -x added in the
specified files):

root at beryllium:~# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up network-manager (0.7.0.100-1) ...
+ case "$1" in
+ getent group netdev
+ '[' -x /etc/init.d/dbus ']'
+ invoke-rc.d dbus force-reload
 * Reloading system message bus config...
[ OK ] 
+ '[' -n 0.7.0.99-1 ']'
+ '[' -x /etc/init.d/network-manager ']'
+ invoke-rc.d network-manager stop
+ PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+ DESC='network connection manager'
+ NAME=NetworkManager
+ DAEMON=/usr/sbin/NetworkManager
+ PIDFILE=/var/run/NetworkManager.pid
+ SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/network-manager
+ USER=root
+ test -x /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions
++ FANCYTTY=
++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']'
++ . /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh
+ test -f /etc/default/NetworkManager
+ case "$1" in
+ log_daemon_msg 'Stopping network connection manager' NetworkManager
+ '[' -z 'Stopping network connection manager' ']'
+ SPL_UPD=/sbin/splashy_update
+ '[' -r /etc/default/splashy ']'
+ . /etc/default/splashy
++ CHVT_TTY=auto
++ ENABLE_INITRAMFS=1
++ DEBUG=0
+ log_use_splashy
+ '[' n = y ']'
+ pidof splashy
+ log_to_console log_daemon_msg 'Stopping network connection manager'
NetworkManager
+ '[' n '!=' y ']'
+ '[' no '!=' yes ']'
++ readlink /proc/self/fd/0
+ stdin=/dev/pts/3
+ '[' /dev/pts/3 '!=' /dev/pts/3 ']'
+ return 0
+ log_use_fancy_output
+ TPUT=/usr/bin/tput
+ EXPR=/usr/bin/expr
+ '[' -t 1 ']'
+ '[' xxterm '!=' '' ']'
+ '[' xxterm '!=' xdumb ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/expr ']'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 60
+ /usr/bin/tput setaf 1
+ '[' -z ']'
+ FANCYTTY=1
+ case "$FANCYTTY" in
+ true
+ /usr/bin/tput xenl
++ /usr/bin/tput cols
+ COLS=109
+ '[' 109 ']'
+ '[' 109 -gt 6 ']'
++ /usr/bin/expr 109 - 7
+ COL=102
+ printf ' * Stopping network connection manager NetworkManager       '
 * Stopping network connection manager NetworkManager
++ /usr/bin/expr 109 - 1
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 108

+ printf ' '
 + '[' -x /sbin/splashy_update ']'
+ '[' -z '' ']'
++ runlevel
++ sed 's/^. //'
+ RUNLEVEL=2
+ '[' -z 2 ']'
+ '[' x2 = x6 ']'
+ '[' x2 = x0 ']'
+ '[' '!' -z NetworkManager ']'
+ case $2 in
+ d_stop
+ start-stop-daemon --stop --retry 5 --quiet
--pidfile /var/run/NetworkManager.pid --oknodo --user root
--exec /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
+ log_end_msg 0
+ '[' -z 0 ']'
+ STEPS_DIR=/lib/init/rw/splashy
+ SPL_UPD=/sbin/splashy_update
+ '[' -r /etc/default/splashy ']'
+ . /etc/default/splashy
++ CHVT_TTY=auto
++ ENABLE_INITRAMFS=1
++ DEBUG=0
+ log_use_splashy
+ '[' n = y ']'
+ pidof splashy
+ log_to_console log_end_msg 0
+ '[' n '!=' y ']'
+ '[' no '!=' yes ']'
++ readlink /proc/self/fd/0
+ stdin=/dev/pts/3
+ '[' /dev/pts/3 '!=' /dev/pts/3 ']'
+ return 0
+ '[' 102 ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ printf '\r'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 102

+ '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+ echo '[ OK ]'
[ OK ]
+ '[' -x /sbin/splashy_update ']'
+ '[' '!' -d /lib/init/rw/splashy ']'
+ SPL_PRG=/lib/init/rw/splashy/2-progress
+ '[' -f /lib/init/rw/splashy/2-progress ']'
+ return 1
invoke-rc.d: initscript network-manager, action "stop" failed.
+ true
+ dpkg --compare-versions 0.7.0.99-1 lt 0.7.0.99-1
+ '[' -x /etc/init.d/network-manager ']'
+ update-rc.d network-manager start 26 2 3 4 5 . stop 88 0 1 6 .
++ which invoke-rc.d
+ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
+ invoke-rc.d network-manager start
+ PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+ DESC='network connection manager'
+ NAME=NetworkManager
+ DAEMON=/usr/sbin/NetworkManager
+ PIDFILE=/var/run/NetworkManager.pid
+ SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/network-manager
+ USER=root
+ test -x /usr/sbin/NetworkManager
+ . /lib/lsb/init-functions
++ FANCYTTY=
++ '[' -e /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh ']'
++ . /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh
+ test -f /etc/default/NetworkManager
+ case "$1" in
+ log_daemon_msg 'Starting network connection manager' NetworkManager
+ '[' -z 'Starting network connection manager' ']'
+ SPL_UPD=/sbin/splashy_update
+ '[' -r /etc/default/splashy ']'
+ . /etc/default/splashy
++ CHVT_TTY=auto
++ ENABLE_INITRAMFS=1
++ DEBUG=0
+ log_use_splashy
+ '[' n = y ']'
+ pidof splashy
+ log_to_console log_daemon_msg 'Starting network connection manager'
NetworkManager
+ '[' n '!=' y ']'
+ '[' no '!=' yes ']'
++ readlink /proc/self/fd/0
+ stdin=/dev/pts/3
+ '[' /dev/pts/3 '!=' /dev/pts/3 ']'
+ return 0
+ log_use_fancy_output
+ TPUT=/usr/bin/tput
+ EXPR=/usr/bin/expr
+ '[' -t 1 ']'
+ '[' xxterm '!=' '' ']'
+ '[' xxterm '!=' xdumb ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/expr ']'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 60
+ /usr/bin/tput setaf 1
+ '[' -z ']'
+ FANCYTTY=1
+ case "$FANCYTTY" in
+ true
+ /usr/bin/tput xenl
++ /usr/bin/tput cols
+ COLS=109
+ '[' 109 ']'
+ '[' 109 -gt 6 ']'
++ /usr/bin/expr 109 - 7
+ COL=102
+ printf ' * Starting network connection manager NetworkManager       '
 * Starting network connection manager NetworkManager
++ /usr/bin/expr 109 - 1
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 108

+ printf ' '
 + '[' -x /sbin/splashy_update ']'
+ '[' -z '' ']'
++ runlevel
++ sed 's/^. //'
+ RUNLEVEL=2
+ '[' -z 2 ']'
+ '[' x2 = x6 ']'
+ '[' x2 = x0 ']'
+ '[' '!' -z NetworkManager ']'
+ case $2 in
+ d_start
+ start-stop-daemon --start --quiet
--pidfile /var/run/NetworkManager.pid --oknodo --user root
--exec /usr/sbin/NetworkManager --
+ log_end_msg 0
+ '[' -z 0 ']'
+ STEPS_DIR=/lib/init/rw/splashy
+ SPL_UPD=/sbin/splashy_update
+ '[' -r /etc/default/splashy ']'
+ . /etc/default/splashy
++ CHVT_TTY=auto
++ ENABLE_INITRAMFS=1
++ DEBUG=0
+ log_use_splashy
+ '[' n = y ']'
+ pidof splashy
+ log_to_console log_end_msg 0
+ '[' n '!=' y ']'
+ '[' no '!=' yes ']'
++ readlink /proc/self/fd/0
+ stdin=/dev/pts/3
+ '[' /dev/pts/3 '!=' /dev/pts/3 ']'
+ return 0
+ '[' 102 ']'
+ '[' -x /usr/bin/tput ']'
+ printf '\r'
+ /usr/bin/tput hpa 102

+ '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+ echo '[ OK ]'
[ OK ]
+ '[' -x /sbin/splashy_update ']'
+ '[' '!' -d /lib/init/rw/splashy ']'
+ SPL_PRG=/lib/init/rw/splashy/2-progress
+ '[' -f /lib/init/rw/splashy/2-progress ']'
+ return 1
invoke-rc.d: initscript network-manager, action "start" failed.
+ exit 1
dpkg: error processing network-manager (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
network-manager-gnome:
 network-manager-gnome depends on network-manager (>= 0.7); however:
  Package network-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 network-manager
 network-manager-gnome
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