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mouseemu package

package mouseemu 0.16-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127 (/var/lib/dpkg/info/mouseemu.postinst: MAKEDEV: not found)

Bug #1672157 reported by Hicks
126
This bug affects 21 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
mouseemu (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

When installing mouseemu, the log shows:

```
apt-get install mouseemu
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed
  mouseemu
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
Need to get 18.0 kB of archives.
After this operation, 99.3 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 mouseemu amd64 0.16-0ubuntu9 [18.0 kB]
Fetched 18.0 kB in 0s (325 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package mouseemu.
(Reading database ... 240577 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mouseemu_0.16-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mouseemu (0.16-0ubuntu9) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Setting up mouseemu (0.16-0ubuntu9) ...
Creating /dev/input/uinput.../var/lib/dpkg/info/mouseemu.postinst: 34: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mouseemu.postinst: MAKEDEV: not found
dpkg: error processing package mouseemu (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Processing triggers for systemd (231-9ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mouseemu
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
```

I'm on Xubuntu 16.10 amd64.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: mouseemu 0.16-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-41.44-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-41-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
AptOrdering:
 mouseemu:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 12 13:58:48 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:mouseemu:0.16-0ubuntu9
 Setting up mouseemu (0.16-0ubuntu9) ...
 Creating /dev/input/uinput.../var/lib/dpkg/info/mouseemu.postinst: 34: /var/lib/dpkg/info/mouseemu.postinst: MAKEDEV: not found
 dpkg: error processing package mouseemu (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-11 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.4
SourcePackage: mouseemu
Title: package mouseemu 0.16-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Hicks (hickscorp) wrote :
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: added: zesty
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mouseemu (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thanks for reporting.

I can confirm this bug is still present in mouseemu 0.16-0ubuntu10 on Ubuntu Bionic. It looks like the underlying issue is that the MAKEDEV (environment?) variable hasn't been set in the install script for the package.

tags: added: artful bionic packaging
summary: package mouseemu 0.16-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
+ (/var/lib/dpkg/info/mouseemu.postinst: MAKEDEV: not found)
Revision history for this message
C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote :

bumping to triaged/low. At the moment, Bionic has the same version as 16.10.

Changed in mouseemu (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Drew Folta (drewfish) wrote :

Is there a workaround, perhaps an older version or downgrade some other package?

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Iain Murray (ubuntu-iainmurray) wrote :

The fix is to install the makedev package first, which provides the MAKEDEV script that's required as part of the package setup.

If a Ubuntu maintainer could add makedev to the dependencies for mouseemu, that would be great :-).

Revision history for this message
Iain Murray (ubuntu-iainmurray) wrote :

Attaching patch.

Explicit work-around in the mean time:
sudo apt-get purge mouseemu
sudo apt-get install makedev mouseemu

Revision history for this message
Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "mouseemu_makedev_depends.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags: added: patch
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