[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#528145: dbus start script segmentation fault

[Deng Xiyue]

Package: dbus
Version: 1.2.14-2
Severity: grave

Dbus 1.2.14-2 failes to install due to start script segmentation fault,
which makes it half-installed and unusable, hence severity grave.
Relevant aptitude log as follow:

-------- BEGIN --------

Setting up dbus (1.2.14-2) ...
The system user messagebus' already exists. Exiting.
Stopping bluetooth: hcid.
Stopping Hardware abstraction layer: hald.
Stopping Network connection manager: wicd.
Stopping Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Daemon: avahi-daemon.
Stopping system message bus: dbus.
Starting system message bus: dbus/etc/init.d/dbus: line 89: 20246 Segmentation fault      start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile  --user  --exec  -- --system 
invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
 dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
  Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dbus-x11 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-gnome:
 policykit-gnome depends on dbus-x11; however:
  Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing policykit-gnome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gnome-keyring:
 gnome-keyring depends on dbus-x11; however:
  Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gnome-keyring (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of totem-mozilla:
 totem-mozilla depends on dbus-x11 (>= 0.61); however:
  Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing totem-mozilla (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dbus
 dbus-x11
 policykit-gnome
 gnome-keyring
 totem-mozilla
Press return to continue.

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It is strange that all the envvars are empty.  Downgrading to version
1.2.12-1 does not have the problem.  Please contact me if further
information is needed.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: mipsel (mips64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.1
Locale: LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages dbus depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.110      add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                         2.9-10     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.14-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libexpat1                     2.0.1-4    XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libselinux1                   2.0.71-1   SELinux shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-22     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

dbus recommends no packages.

Versions of packages dbus suggests:
pn  dbus-x11                      <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information