Debian Bug report logs - #7400
dpkg: Assertion `dop->up == dep' failed.

Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>

Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 18:18:11 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#7400; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).


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

From: Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Failed assertion.
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 19:08:49 +0100 (GMT+0100)
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.8

% dpkg -l '*aout*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name            Version        Description
+++-===============-==============-============================================
ii  aout-binutils   2.7-6          The GNU assembler and binary utilities (a.ou
[snip]

% dpkg --purge aout-binutils
(Reading database ... 22677 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing aout-binutils ...
dpkg: dump.c:147: varbufdependency: Assertion `dop->up == dep' failed.
Abort
% dpkg --purge aout-binutils
dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove aout-binutils which isn't installed.
% 




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Acknowledgement sent to Klee Dienes <klee@mit.edu>:
Extra info received and filed, but not forwarded. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #8 received at 7400-quiet@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Klee Dienes <klee@mit.edu>
To: 7400-quiet@bugs.debian.org
Cc: vincent@waw.com
Subject: Re: Failed assertion.
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 11:54:32 -0400
I'm having trouble reproducing this problem locally.  Would you have
any other information you could send me?  Have there been any other
times this problem has happened?


Acknowledgement sent to Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>:
Extra info received and filed, but not forwarded. (full text, mbox, link).


Message #11 received at 7400-quiet@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com>
To: Klee Dienes <klee@mit.edu>
Cc: 7400-quiet@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Failed assertion.
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 14:30:35 +0100 (GMT+0100)
On Fri, 2 May 1997, Klee Dienes wrote:

> I'm having trouble reproducing this problem locally.  Would you have
> any other information you could send me?  Have there been any other
> times this problem has happened?

Nope, happened only once, and I don't have the old packages around to try 
to reproduce it. _);

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Changed bug title. Request was from "J.H.M. Dassen" <jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg-iwj'. Request was from Ben Collins <bmc@marcus.seva.net> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-iwj' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).


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