[Solved] debtags 1.5.2ubuntu4 in Dapper Flight 6

[oblio]

Hi,

I'm not sure this belongs here... But here goes: I installed Kubuntu Dapper Flight 6 yesterday. I updated some packages this morning using Kpackage. I always use the 'simulate' option first to check that nothing 'strange' will happen. Nothing strange was 'predicted', nothing to be removed either. So I was a bit surprised finding that the updated debtags (1.5.2ubuntu4) was installed, but couldn't be configured properly (as shown by the following relevant info shown in Kpackage) :

Setting up debtags (1.5.2ubuntu4) ...
debtags: ConsistencyCheckException: Unable to use any data source (not even previously cached ones)

dpkg: error processing debtags (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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Errors were encountered while processing:
debtags
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
RESULT=100


I don't think that anything is wrong with my sources.list (same as used in Dapper Flight 4 and 5).

Someone has a bright idea ?
(I cannot find the previous version and use the '-force version' option in Synaptic).

Regards,

[oblio]

Re: debtags 1.5.2ubuntu4 in Dapper Flight 6

Hi,

I found out that debtags is actually used by adept. I think that adept is the most buggy application in (K)ubuntu Dapper. There are a lot of problems reported on adept here. Adept is far from ready for release in June; I have seen no progress since Flight 4. I have not used adept after going from Dapper Flight 5 to 6 - I prefer Kpackage/Synaptic/apt-get anyway.

Since purging debtags in Dapper would remove adept + kubuntu-desktop and yet another app (forgot which one) I decided not to bother with debtags/adept any longer. I checked in Mepis 6.01 exp. (uses dapper repos) : adept and debtags aren't used at all in Mepis.

Regards,

[askrieger]

Re: debtags 1.5.2ubuntu4 in Dapper Flight 6

adept and debtags aren't used at all in Mepis.

as well they should not be.

If you really want debtags you can find the bad line in /var/lib/dpkg/info/debtags.postinst. Since you're using Dapper, you should file a packaging bug with the kubuntu developers. That's what Dapper is for.

[bulletxt]

Re: debtags 1.5.2ubuntu4 in Dapper Flight 6

i simply remvoved debtags and use Synaptic which is way better

[oblio]

Re: debtags 1.5.2ubuntu4 in Dapper Flight 6

adept and debtags aren't used at all in Mepis.

as well they should not be.

If you really want debtags you can find the bad line in /var/lib/dpkg/info/debtags.postinst. Since you're using Dapper, you should file a packaging bug with the kubuntu developers. That's what Dapper is for.

It's very similar to an old bug [ #4707 ] dating back 4 months. I checked and wanted to relay the new info on Dapper 6 in Launchpad. I registered there, but did NOT get the 'confirmation email'. Well, such is life.....:-)

Regards,

[oblio]

[Solved] debtags 1.5.2ubuntu4 in Dapper Flight 6

The debtags 1.5.2ubuntu5 version installed perfectly (one day later).
Apparently it's already solved.... :-)

Regards, Ko