Debian Bug report logs - #730811
goo: postinst failure: ln: failed to create symbolic links

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

From: Laurent Bonnaud <Laurent.Bonnaud@inpg.fr>

To: Debian BTS submission <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: goo: postinst failure: ln: failed to create symbolic links

Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 20:27:17 +0100

Package: goo
Version: 0.155-12
Severity: grave


Hi,

here is the problem:

Setting up goo (0.155-12) ...
given is experimental at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install
line 43.
when is experimental at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install
line 45.
when is experimental at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install
line 46.
Install goo for emacs
Install goo for emacs23
install/goo: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘./goo.el’: File exists
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘./goo-font-lock.el’: File exists
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘./goo-shell.el’: File exists
ERROR: install script from goo package failed
dpkg: error processing goo (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1


-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.11-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages goo depends on:
ii  libc6     2.17-96
ii  libgc1c2  1:7.2d-5
ii  libgmp10  2:5.1.2+dfsg-3

goo recommends no packages.

Versions of packages goo suggests:
ii  gcc        4:4.8.1-3
ii  libgc-dev  1:7.2d-5

-- no debconf information

-- 
Laurent Bonnaud.
http://www.gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr/page_pro.php?vid=96

Message #12 received at 730811@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: ucko@debian.org (Aaron M. Ucko)

To: Laurent Bonnaud <Laurent.Bonnaud@inpg.fr>

Cc: 730811@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#730811: goo: postinst failure: ln: failed to create symbolic links

Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 11:44:21 -0500

Laurent Bonnaud <Laurent.Bonnaud@inpg.fr> writes:

> install/goo: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs23
> ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘./goo.el’: File exists

Thanks for the report.  It looks like goo's postinst script wound up
running twice in succession with no intervening cleanup, presumably due
to a previous failure.  I can certainly fix it to handle this case
better, but would appreciate knowing what went wrong the first time so
that I can address that as well.  Even if you didn't explicitly save the
output, you should be able to find it in /var/log/apt/term.log.1.gz.

-- 
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
http://www.mit.edu/~amu/ | http://stuff.mit.edu/cgi/finger/?amu@monk.mit.edu

Message #17 received at 730811@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: ucko@debian.org (Aaron M. Ucko)

To: Laurent Bonnaud <Laurent.Bonnaud@inpg.fr>

Cc: 730811@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#730811: goo: postinst failure: ln: failed to create symbolic links

Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 12:39:23 -0500

ucko@debian.org (Aaron M. Ucko) writes:

> Thanks for the report.  It looks like goo's postinst script wound up
> running twice in succession with no intervening cleanup, presumably due

Further investigation reveals that this can happen when configuring both
emacs23 and goo in the same run.  Please let me know if that was NOT the
case for you.

-- 
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
http://www.mit.edu/~amu/ | http://stuff.mit.edu/cgi/finger/?amu@monk.mit.edu

Message #22 received at 730811-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: ucko@debian.org (Aaron M. Ucko)

To: 730811-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#730811: fixed in goo 0.155-13

Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:18:30 +0000

Source: goo
Source-Version: 0.155-13

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
goo, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 730811@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Aaron M. Ucko <ucko@debian.org> (supplier of updated goo package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 13:57:57 -0500
Source: goo
Binary: goo
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 0.155-13
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Aaron M. Ucko <ucko@debian.org>
Changed-By: Aaron M. Ucko <ucko@debian.org>
Description: 
 goo        - generic object-orientator (programming language)
Closes: 730811
Changes: 
 goo (0.155-13) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * debian/goo.emacsen-install: Tolerate preexisting .el symlinks, which
     can exist when configuring goo and an emacs flavor in the same run.
     (Closes: #730811.)
   * debian/control: Note compliance with Standards-Version 3.9.5.
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