Debian Bug report logs - #18484
dpkg: "internal error" in dselect

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg: "internal error" in dselect

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 16:42:14 -0500 (EST)

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.20

After selecting "Install", I got this error message:
	
	internal error - no filename at -e line 12, <P> chunk 21.
	
	installation script returned error exit status 1.
	Press RETURN to continue.

Restarting dselect made no difference.  An attempted
"strace -o logfile -ff dselect" got hung up.  I would be glad
to help debug, but need some suggestions as to how.

                                     - Jim Van Zandt


-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux vanzandt 2.1.74 #3 Mon Feb 16 20:26:30 EST 1998 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc6	Version: 2.0.7pre1-1
libg++272	Version: 2.7.2.8-0.1
ncurses3.4	Version: 1.9.9g-8

Message #10 received at 18484@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>

To: 18484@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg: "internal error" in dselect

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 21:44:42 -0501 (EST)

I should have included these details in my problem report:

I had started with a long-running Debian 1.3 system, had just run the
autoup script (version 0.21), and was using dselect to finish
upgrading to hamm.  I was installing from a local mirror.  The first
time I selected <install>, it failed while trying to install some
version of slang (some conflict, I think).  I adjusted my selections
and tried installing again, only to get the "internal error" message.
I did not override any dependencies either time.

Here are the recent files in /var/lib/dpkg:

vanzandt:/var/lib/dpkg# ls -lt|head
total 4124
-rw-r-----   1 root     root            0 Feb 21 16:35 methlock
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root          811 Feb 21 16:33 predep-package
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root           13 Feb 21 16:33 cmethopt
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root         1024 Feb 21 16:32 updates
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root      1310435 Feb 21 16:32 available
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       360353 Feb 21 16:32 status
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root      1310435 Feb 21 16:30 available-old
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       360351 Feb 21 16:30 status-old
vanzandt:/var/lib/dpkg# cat cmethopt
disk mounted
vanzandt:/var/lib/dpkg# head predep-package
Package: slang0.99.38
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 173
Maintainer: Chris Fearnley <cjf@netaxs.com>
Architecture: i386
Source: slang
Version: 0.99.38-2.16
Depends: libc6
Conflicts: slang0.99.34 (<< 0.99.38-2.3)


                            - Jim Van Zandt

Message #21 received at 17897-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>

To: 1399-done@bugs.debian.org, 13187-done@bugs.debian.org, 17877-done@bugs.debian.org, 17897-done@bugs.debian.org, 21330-done@bugs.debian.org, 46747-done@bugs.debian.org, 52919-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: these bugs have all been fixed in the latest dpkg (1.6.9)

Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:25:13 +0100

Hi people,

These bugs you have reported have all been fixed in the latest dpkg
package, version 1.6.9.

     * #1399: dselect error handling not consistent
     * #6007: dselect pbm.

Dselect now displays a message saying that the database is inaccessible or
that it is locked, asks for <enter>, and returns to the main menu
afterwards.

     * #13187: --quiet|--verbose on update-alternatives don't do
       anything.

Verbosity ($verbosemode) has been implemented in update-alternatives.

     * #17877: dpkg: 'help' gets annoying after a while

There is a `--expert' command line option for dselect that turns off
automatic help messages.

     * #17897: dpkg: dselect core dumped
     * #18028: scanning package dir breaks install
     * #18484: dpkg: "internal error" in dselect
     * #18540: dpkg: unhelpful error message (invalid control file)
     * #22649: dselect crashes

This was an old bug in the "disk" access method, and it seems to have been
fixed long ago.

     * #21330: dpkg: link and use problems on non-snprintf platform

The snprintf usage in that file was fixed.

     * #46747: dpkg: [hurd] start-stop-daemon

This Hurd patch was applied.

     * #52919: dpkg: Dselect main menu title line incorrect (has %s,
       printf problem?).

This %s was fixed.

(Wichert, dpkg maintainer, has told me I may close these bug reports instead
of him)

Thanks for reporting.

-- 
enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name

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