Debian Bug report logs - #812402
ucf breaks installation of texlive-base (basename: missing operand)

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

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: texlive-base: fails to install: basename: missing operand

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:03:30 +0100

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Package: texlive-base
Version: 2015.20160117-1
Severity: serious

Hello,

texlive-base fails to install:
Setting up texlive-binaries (2015.20150524.37493-7+b1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw to provide /usr/bin/xdvi.bin (xdvi.bin) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/bibtex.original to provide /usr/bin/bibtex (bibtex) in auto mode
Processing triggers for tex-common (6.04) ...
update-language: texlive-base not installed and configured, doing nothing!
texlive-base is not ready, skipping fmtutil-sys --all call
Setting up texlive-base (2015.20160117-1) ...
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
dpkg: error processing package texlive-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-6) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 texlive-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Full log (DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt --option
APT::Get::Purge=true install texlive-base) attached.

cu Andreas

[texlive-base.install.log (text/plain, attachment)]

Message #10 received at 812402@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>

To: 812402@bugs.debian.org

Cc: ucf@packages.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#812402: texlive-base: fails to install: basename: missing operand

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:23:34 +0100

Control: reassign -1 ucf 3.0032
Control: retitle 812402 ucf breaks installation of texlive-base (basename: missing operand)

On 2016-01-23 Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de> wrote:
> Package: texlive-base
> Version: 2015.20160117-1
> Severity: serious

> texlive-base fails to install:
[...]
> Setting up texlive-base (2015.20160117-1) ...
> basename: missing operand
> Try 'basename --help' for more information.
> dpkg: error processing package texlive-base (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-6) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  texlive-base
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[...]

Downgrading ucf from 3.0032 to 3.0031 made the package installable
again. The failing command is this one in texlive-base postinst:37
 ucf --purge /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps

This file does not exist at this time and /etc/texmf/dvips/config/ is
an empty directory.

cu Andreas
-- 
`What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are
so grateful to you.'
`I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'

Message #29 received at 812402-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

To: 812402-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#812402: fixed in ucf 3.0033

Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 22:43:34 +0000

Source: ucf
Source-Version: 3.0033

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ucf, 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 812402@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> (supplier of updated ucf package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:52:29 -0800
Source: ucf
Binary: ucf
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.0033
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Changed-By: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Description:
 ucf        - Update Configuration File(s): preserve user changes to config fil
Closes: 812402
Changes:
 ucf (3.0033) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Bug fix: "ucf breaks installation of texlive-base (basename: missing
     operand)", thanks to Andreas Metzler. This has been a long standing
     bug, unmasked by the cleanup done last upload. When purging, there is
     no new file, just a destination file that needs to be removed. So,
     this commit makes no action on new-file when purging.  (Closes: #812402).
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