Debian Bug Tracking System
2005-Mar-12 12:33 UTC
[Logcheck-devel] Bug#244511: marked as done (logcheck-database: While up- or downgrading logcheck-database: "Internal Error: linkfile() called without names !")
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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 18 Apr 2004 19:01:55 +0000>From abe at fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de Sun Apr 18 12:01:55 2004Return-path: <abe at fsinfo.cs.uni-sb.de> Received: from eris.rz.uni-saarland.de [134.96.7.8] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1BFHYA-0008B7-00; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:01:55 -0700 Received: from cs.uni-sb.de (cs.uni-sb.de [134.96.254.254]) by eris.rz.uni-saarland.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3IJ1MOx26625710 for <submit at bugs.debian.org>; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:01:22 +0200 (CST) Received: from mail.cs.uni-sb.de (mail.cs.uni-sb.de [134.96.254.200]) by cs.uni-sb.de (8.12.11/2003091100) with ESMTP id i3IJ1Ldj014051 for <submit at bugs.debian.org>; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:01:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sycorax.cs.uni-sb.de (sycorax.cs.uni-sb.de [134.96.239.17]) by mail.cs.uni-sb.de (8.12.11/2004041400) with ESMTP id i3IJ1LCD014960 for <submit at bugs.debian.org>; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:01:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sycorax.cs.uni-sb.de (abe at localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sycorax.cs.uni-sb.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i3IJ1KZf003472 for <submit at bugs.debian.org>; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:01:20 +0200 Received: (from abe at localhost) by sycorax.cs.uni-sb.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id i3IJ1KAh003470 for submit at bugs.debian.org; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:01:20 +0200 Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:01:20 +0200 From: Axel Beckert <debian-bugs at deuxchevaux.org> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org> Subject: logcheck-database: While up- or downgrading logcheck-database: "Internal Error: linkfile() called without names !" Message-ID: <20040418190120.GE31211 at sycorax.cs.uni-sb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir Milter 1.0.6; AVE 6.25.0.2; VDF 6.25.0.17 Delivered-To: submit at bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.1 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE, REMOVE_REMOVAL_2WORD autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: X-CrossAssassin-Score: 1 Package: logcheck-database Version: 1.1.1-13.1woody1 Severity: critical Justification: breaks unrelated software I did an "apt-get upgrade" today and beyond others, apt-get tried to install the following packages: logcheck-database (1.1.1-13.1woody1) logcheck (1.1.1-13.1woody1) mysql-server (3.23.49-8.6) This is what apt-get upgrade outputted: ---begin--- Setting up logcheck-database (1.1.1-13.1woody1) ... Internal Error: linkfile() called without names ! dpkg: error processing logcheck-database (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of logcheck: logcheck depends on logcheck-database; however: Package logcheck-database is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing logcheck (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up mysql-server (3.23.49-8.6) ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. dpkg: error processing mysql-server (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10 Errors were encountered while processing: logcheck-database logcheck mysql-server localepurge: processing locale files ... E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ---end--- After that happend I deinstalled all three packages (not with purge) und installed the again, but the same happend. This revealed that mysql, although there is no dependecy, access /etc/logcheck and therefore an incomplete installation of logcheck seems to break mysql and due to logcheck depends on logcheck-database, this problem breaks mysql: ---begin--- Removing logcheck ... dpkg - warning: while removing logcheck, directory `/var/tmp/logcheck' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing logcheck, directory `/var/lib/logcheck/cleaned' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing logcheck, directory `/var/lib/logcheck' not empty so not removed. Removing logcheck-database ... dpkg - warning: while removing logcheck-database, directory `/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.paranoid' not empty so not removed. Removing mysql-server ... Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. dpkg - warning: while removing mysql-server, directory `/var/log/mysql' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing mysql-server, directory `/var/lib/mysql' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing mysql-server, directory `/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing mysql-server, directory `/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.workstation' not empty so not removed. dpkg - warning: while removing mysql-server, directory `/etc/logcheck' not empty so not removed. Removing harden-environment ... ---end--- Then I tried to downgrade logcheck-database and logcheck both to the before installed version 1.1.1-13.1, but the above mentioned error refused to vanish. On other machines I had no problems with the upgrade of logcheck and logcheck-database. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux amisuper 2.4.21-smp #7 SMP Mon Oct 27 02:57:22 CET 2003 i586 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages logcheck-database depends on: ii debconf 1.0.32 Debian configuration management sy --------------------------------------- Received: (at 244511-done) by bugs.debian.org; 12 Mar 2005 12:23:46 +0000>From max at stro.at Sat Mar 12 04:23:46 2005Return-path: <max at stro.at> Received: from baikonur.stro.at [213.239.196.228] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1DA5ej-0006pU-00; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 04:23:45 -0800 Received: from sputnik (stallburg.stro.at [128.131.216.190]) by baikonur.stro.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C1575C001 for <244511-done at bugs.debian.org>; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:23:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from max by sputnik with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DA5eZ-00017Q-Dg for 244511-done at bugs.debian.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:23:35 +0100 Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:23:35 +0100 From: maximilian attems <debian at sternwelten.at> To: 244511-done at bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: While up- or downgrading logcheck-database: "Internal Error: linkfile() called without names !" Message-ID: <20050312122335.GA32003 at sputnik.stro.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavis (ClamAV) at stro.at Delivered-To: 244511-done at bugs.debian.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 X-Spam-Level: thanks to Alfie this fix is incorporated in woody since summer 2004. therefor closing the bug.