Activity log for bug #929702

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2012-02-09 18:23:36 Thibault D bug added bug
2012-02-09 18:23:36 Thibault D attachment added Screenshot of update-manager.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929702/+attachment/2727490/+files/Screenshot%20of%20update-manager.png
2012-02-10 05:08:53 Robert Roth affects software-center (Ubuntu) aptdaemon (Ubuntu)
2012-02-10 05:09:04 Robert Roth bug added subscriber Robert Roth
2012-02-11 07:10:20 Sebastian Heinlein aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2012-02-11 09:10:42 Thibault D attachment added Package_operation_failed_details.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/929702/+attachment/2731198/+files/Package_operation_failed_details.txt
2012-02-11 09:47:50 Sebastian Heinlein aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Invalid
2012-02-12 10:12:32 Sebastian Heinlein summary Update-manager doesn't display "Package operation failed" details correctly Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space
2012-02-12 10:12:55 Sebastian Heinlein bug task added dpkg (Ubuntu)
2012-02-12 10:13:04 Sebastian Heinlein aptdaemon (Ubuntu): status Invalid Confirmed
2012-02-12 10:13:07 Sebastian Heinlein aptdaemon (Ubuntu): importance Undecided Medium
2012-02-12 10:29:01 Sebastian Heinlein summary Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space Add common error checks: Dpkg produces unclear error messages if out of disk space
2012-02-12 10:29:30 Sebastian Heinlein description For whatever reason I got the following error message when updating Ubuntu (see screenshot here attached) : installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%% (Reading database ... 10%% (Reading database ... 15%% (Reading database ... 20%% There might be a spare "%" and a missing ")" somewhere ? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.1.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic-pae 3.2.5 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.304 Date: Thu Feb 9 19:13:01 2012 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120209) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) If the systems runs out of disk space during installation we get very strange error messages. Apt will only fail with an InstallArchives error. We should add some checks for common errors to give the user a better way idea about what could be wrong. For whatever reason I got the following error message when updating Ubuntu (see screenshot here attached) : installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%% (Reading database ... 10%% (Reading database ... 15%% (Reading database ... 20%% There might be a spare "%" and a missing ")" somewhere ? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.1.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-15.24-generic-pae 3.2.5 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-15-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.304 Date: Thu Feb 9 19:13:01 2012 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120209) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
2012-02-17 11:37:23 Raphaƫl Hertzog dpkg (Ubuntu): status New Invalid