folks/experts:
anyone knows any solution/workaround to this issue?

I googled a lot and found a lot, but I don't see any verified answers to
this issue in tons of discussions...



$sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libdirectfb-dev plasma-widget-kimpanel
The following packages will be upgraded:
dibbler-client logtool
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/425 kB of archives.
After this operation, 90.1 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 31148
package 'linuxqq:i386':
error in Version string 'v1.0.2-beta1': version number does not start
with digit
dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 38004
package 'spoonwep-spoonwpa:i386':

error in Version string 'BT3': version number does not start with digit
(Reading database ... 788030 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dibbler-client 0.7.3-0.1 (using
.../dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb) ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit
status 1

dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb (--unpack):

subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Preparing
to replace logtool 1.2.8-7 (using .../logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement logtool ...
dpkg: warning: logtool: conffile 'etc/logtool/exclude' is not a plain
file or symlink (= '/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.paranoid')
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb
(--unpack):

unable to open '/etc/logtool/exclude.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already

Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 12:04 PM, ping <songpingemail@gmail.com> wrote:
> folks/experts:
> anyone knows any solution/workaround to this issue?
>
> I googled a lot and found a lot, but I don't see any verified answers to
> this issue in tons of discussions...
>
>
> $sudo apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages have been kept back:
> libdirectfb-dev plasma-widget-kimpanel
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> dibbler-client logtool
> 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/425 kB of archives.
> After this operation, 90.1 kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 31148
> package 'linuxqq:i386':
> error in Version string 'v1.0.2-beta1': version number does not start with
> digit
> dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 38004
> package 'spoonwep-spoonwpa:i386':
> error in Version string 'BT3': version number does not start with digit
> (Reading database ... 788030 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace dibbler-client 0.7.3-0.1 (using
> .../dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb) ...
> Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
> "stop" failed.
> dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status
> 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
> "stop" failed.
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
> Preparing to
> replace logtool 1.2.8-7 (using .../logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement logtool ...
> dpkg: warning: logtool: conffile 'etc/logtool/exclude' is not a plain file
> or symlink (= '/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.paranoid')
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb
> (--unpack):
> unable to open '/etc/logtool/exclude.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
> No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
>
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb
> /var/cache/apt/archives/logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>


Try

sudo apt-get clean
sudo dpkg --clear-avail

and then try the update again and see if that clears it.

Preston

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On 09/27/2012 05:36 PM, Preston Hagar wrote:

sudo apt-get clean
sudo dpkg --clear-avail

and then try the update again and see if that clears it.



Hi Preston:
thanks for the response!
that looks help , at least that "version number does not start with
digit" issue is gone.


it seems I still end up with some errors when apt-get upgrade:



ping@640g-laptop:~/Dropbox/temp-transfer$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libdirectfb-dev plasma-widget-kimpanel
The following packages will be upgraded:
dibbler-client emacs emacs23 emacs23-bin-common emacs23-common
libxml2 libxml2-dev libxml2-utils logtool python-libxml2

10 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 28.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 86.0 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
libxml2-dev amd64 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2 [804 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main libxml2
amd64 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2 [673 kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe
dibbler-client amd64 0.7.3-1.3 [365 kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main emacs23
amd64 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 [3,336 kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
emacs23-bin-common amd64 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 [174 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
emacs23-common all 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 [22.7 MB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main emacs
all 23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1 [2,250 B]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
libxml2-utils amd64 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2 [39.8 kB]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe logtool
amd64 1.2.8-8 [59.7 kB]
Get:10 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main
python-libxml2 amd64 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2 [186 kB]

Fetched 28.3 MB in 5s (5,539 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 788030 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libxml2-dev 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.1 (using
.../libxml2-dev_2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement libxml2-dev ...
Preparing to replace libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.1 (using
.../libxml2_2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement libxml2 ...
Preparing to replace dibbler-client 0.7.3-0.1 (using
.../dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb) ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit
status 1

dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb (--unpack):

subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Preparing
to replace emacs23 23.3+1-1ubuntu9 (using
.../emacs23_23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1_amd64.deb) ...

emacs-remove emacs23
remove/flim: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23
remove/w3m-el: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23
remove/sawfish: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23
remove/gnats: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23
emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs23
emacsen-common: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23
remove/dictionaries-common: Purging byte-compiled files for flavour emacs23
remove/apel: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23
remove/a2ps: purging byte-compiled files for emacs23
Unpacking replacement emacs23 ...
Preparing to replace emacs23-bin-common 23.3+1-1ubuntu9 (using
.../emacs23-bin-common_23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement emacs23-bin-common ...
Preparing to replace emacs23-common 23.3+1-1ubuntu9 (using
.../emacs23-common_23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1_all.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement emacs23-common ...
Preparing to replace emacs 23.3+1-1ubuntu9 (using
.../emacs_23.3+1-1ubuntu9.1_all.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement emacs ...
Preparing to replace libxml2-utils 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.1 (using
.../libxml2-utils_2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement libxml2-utils ...
Preparing to replace logtool 1.2.8-7 (using
.../logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement logtool ...
dpkg: warning: logtool: conffile 'etc/logtool/exclude' is not a plain
file or symlink (= '/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.paranoid')
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb
(--unpack):

unable to open '/etc/logtool/exclude.dpkg-new': No such file or directory
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Preparing
to replace python-libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.1 (using
.../python-libxml2_2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb) ...

Unpacking replacement python-libxml2 ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
install-info: warning: no info dir entry in
`/usr/share/info/adacontrol_ug.info.gz'

install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/oleo.info.gz'
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/logtool_1.2.8-8_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)



then I tried to remove the dibbler-client which I think I don't need it
(at least I don't know why I need it), but I got:





ping@640g-laptop:~/Dropbox/temp-transfer$ sudo apt-get remove
dibbler-client

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
dibbler-doc
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
dibbler-client
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
8 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 1,180 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 788028 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dibbler-client ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.

dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
dibbler-client
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


but for the "logtool", I can successfully apt-get remove it.
I think apt-get clean/update/upgrade, now I end up with:


ping@640g-laptop:~/Dropbox/temp-transfer$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libdirectfb-dev plasma-widget-kimpanel
The following packages will be upgraded:
dibbler-client
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 365 kB of archives.
After this operation, 111 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe
dibbler-client amd64 0.7.3-1.3 [365 kB]

Fetched 365 kB in 0s (867 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package dibbler-client.
(Reading database ... 788020 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dibbler-client 0.7.3-0.1 (using
.../dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb) ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit
status 1

dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb (--unpack):

subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors
were encountered while processing:

/var/cache/apt/archives/dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


So It looks I can't either delete the "dibbler-client" package, nor can
I upgrade it...

any ideal?

thanks alot !


regards
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:00 PM, ping <songpingemail@gmail.com> wrote:
> ping@640g-laptop:~/Dropbox/temp-transfer$ sudo apt-get remove dibbler-client
>
>
> So It looks I can't either delete the "dibbler-client" package, nor can I
> upgrade it...
> any ideal?
>
> thanks alot !
>
>
> regards
> ping

You might try

sudo apt-get remove --purge dibbler-client

If that doesn't work, try

dpkg --remove --force-remove dibbler-client

Hopefully that should get rid of it. Then you should be able to do an
update and upgrade. If not, post the error output of the two commands
above to the list.

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On 09/28/2012 11:24 AM, Preston Hagar wrote:

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:00 PM, ping <songpingemail@gmail.com> wrote:

ping@640g-laptop:~/Dropbox/temp-transfer$ sudo apt-get remove dibbler-client


So It looks I can't either delete the "dibbler-client" package, nor can I
upgrade it...
any ideal?

thanks alot !


regards
ping


You might try

sudo apt-get remove --purge dibbler-client

If that doesn't work, try

dpkg --remove --force-remove dibbler-client

Hopefully that should get rid of it. Then you should be able to do an
update and upgrade. If not, post the error output of the two commands
above to the list.

Preston




Hi Preston:

It looks both give me errors like following:

ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge dibbler-client
[sudo] password for ping:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:

logcheck-database dibbler-doc logtail
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
dibbler-client*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,180 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 788018 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dibbler-client ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.

dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--purge):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
dibbler-client
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove dibbler-client
dpkg: error: unknown force/refuse option `remove'

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages[*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked[*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or
`more' !




ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove dibbler-client
(Reading database ... 788018 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dibbler-client ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.

dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
dibbler-client


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On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:48 AM, ping <songpingemail@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove dibbler-client
> dpkg: error: unknown force/refuse option `remove'
>
> Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages[*];
> Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
> Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
> Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
> Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
>
> Options marked[*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or
> `more' !
>
>
>
> ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove dibbler-client
> (Reading database ... 788018 files and directories currently installed.)
>
> Removing dibbler-client ...
> Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
> "stop" failed.
> dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--remove):
> subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> dibbler-client
>

sorry, it looks like I was a little short on the last command. It
should have been:

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq dibbler-client

That said, it looks like the package is trying to do a stop via the
init script and failing. You might try, before running the dpkg
command, to do a

/etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop

Next, I would try to do a
ps aux | grep dibb

which should hopefully give you the processes of any dibbler-client
processes running. You can then either do a

killall dibbler-client

or

kill <pid>

where <pid> is the process id number of the dibbler-client. Then once
you are sure it isn't running, try again. Hopefully this will do
it,but if not, post back.

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On 09/28/2012 09:26 AM, Preston Hagar wrote:
...
>
> sorry, it looks like I was a little short on the last command. It
> should have been:
>
> sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq dibbler-client
>
> That said, it looks like the package is trying to do a stop via the
> init script and failing. You might try, before running the dpkg
> command, to do a
>
> /etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop
>
> Next, I would try to do a
> ps aux | grep dibb
>
> which should hopefully give you the processes of any dibbler-client
> processes running. You can then either do a
>
> killall dibbler-client
>
> or
>
> kill <pid>
>
> where <pid> is the process id number of the dibbler-client. Then once
> you are sure it isn't running, try again. Hopefully this will do
> it,but if not, post back.
>
> Preston
>

It appears that this is common problem with dibbler-client (google on
"Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript"):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dibbler/+bug/779857
[Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.]

<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=574624>
[dibbler-client: after removing package with dselect impossible to purge
it.]
Message #10:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=10;bug=574624
may contain a workaround worth trying.



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On 09/28/2012 12:26 PM, Preston Hagar wrote:

On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:48 AM, ping <songpingemail@gmail.com> wrote:


ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove dibbler-client
dpkg: error: unknown force/refuse option `remove'

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages[*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked[*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or
`more' !



ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove dibbler-client
(Reading database ... 788018 files and directories currently installed.)

Removing dibbler-client ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
dibbler-client



sorry, it looks like I was a little short on the last command. It
should have been:

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq dibbler-client

That said, it looks like the package is trying to do a stop via the
init script and failing. You might try, before running the dpkg
command, to do a

/etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop

Next, I would try to do a
ps aux | grep dibb

which should hopefully give you the processes of any dibbler-client
processes running. You can then either do a

killall dibbler-client

or

kill <pid>

where <pid> is the process id number of the dibbler-client. Then once
you are sure it isn't running, try again. Hopefully this will do
it,but if not, post back.

Preston



this doesn't work either, stopping the it looks real strange to me...


ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq
dibbler-client

(Reading database ... 788018 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dibbler-client ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.

dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
dibbler-client


ping@640g-laptop:~$ /etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop
Stopping DHCPv6 client: ping@640g-laptop:~$
ping@640g-laptop:~$
ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop
Stopping DHCPv6 client: ping@640g-laptop:~$


ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq
dibbler-client

(Reading database ... 788018 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing dibbler-client ...
Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.

dpkg: error processing dibbler-client (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
dibbler-client


ping@640g-laptop:~$ ps aux | grep dibb
ping 18996 0.0 0.0 11056 928 pts/12 S+ 14:07 0:00 grep
--color=auto dibb

ping@640g-laptop:~$

ping@640g-laptop:~$ ps -ef | grep dib
ping 19000 29785 0 14:08 pts/12 00:00:00 grep --color=auto dib


ping@640g-laptop:~$ killall dibbler-client
dibbler-client: no process found


ping@640g-laptop:~$ dibbler-client stop
| Dibbler - a portable DHCPv6, version 0.7.3 (CLIENT, Linux port)
| Authors : Tomasz Mrugalski<thomson(at)klub.com.pl>,Marek
Senderski<msend(at)o2.pl>

| Licence : GNU GPL v2 only. Developed at Gdansk University of Technology.
| Homepage: http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/
Process is not running.


ping@640g-laptop:~$ dibbler-client status
| Dibbler - a portable DHCPv6, version 0.7.3 (CLIENT, Linux port)
| Authors : Tomasz Mrugalski<thomson(at)klub.com.pl>,Marek
Senderski<msend(at)o2.pl>

| Licence : GNU GPL v2 only. Developed at Gdansk University of Technology.
| Homepage: http://klub.com.pl/dhcpv6/
Dibbler server: NOT RUNNING.
Dibbler client: NOT RUNNING.
Dibbler relay : NOT RUNNING.

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On 09/28/2012 01:18 PM, NoOp wrote:

On 09/28/2012 09:26 AM, Preston Hagar wrote:
...


sorry, it looks like I was a little short on the last command. It
should have been:

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq dibbler-client

That said, it looks like the package is trying to do a stop via the
init script and failing. You might try, before running the dpkg
command, to do a

/etc/init.d/dibbler-client stop

Next, I would try to do a
ps aux | grep dibb

which should hopefully give you the processes of any dibbler-client
processes running. You can then either do a

killall dibbler-client

or

kill <pid>

where <pid> is the process id number of the dibbler-client. Then once
you are sure it isn't running, try again. Hopefully this will do
it,but if not, post back.

Preston



It appears that this is common problem with dibbler-client (google on
"Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript"):

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dibbler/+bug/779857
[Stopping DHCPv6 client: invoke-rc.d: initscript dibbler-client, action
"stop" failed.]

<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=574624>
[dibbler-client: after removing package with dselect impossible to purge
it.]
Message #10:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=10;bug=574624
may contain a workaround worth trying.





Hi NoOp:
you are right, the issue looks because of a buggy code in the current
release of dibbler-client, solution is to change:


/etc/init.d/dibbler-client line 48 from:

48 ($DAEMON stop 2>&1 > /dev/null ; true)

to:

48 ($DAEMON stop 2>&1 > /dev/null || true)

and after that it goes smooth.

thank you very much Preston and NoOp for your help!


ping@640g-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libdirectfb-dev plasma-widget-kimpanel
The following packages will be upgraded:
dibbler-client
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/365 kB of archives.
After this operation, 111 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package dibbler-client.
(Reading database ... 788020 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dibbler-client 0.7.3-0.1 (using
.../dibbler-client_0.7.3-1.3_amd64.deb) ...

Stopping DHCPv6 client: dibbler-client.
Unpacking replacement dibbler-client ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up dibbler-client (0.7.3-1.3) ...

Configuration file `/etc/init.d/dibbler-client'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** dibbler-client (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? Y
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/dibbler-client ...
Replacing config file /etc/dibbler/client.conf with new version

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On 09/28/2012 11:22 AM, ping wrote:
...
> Hi NoOp:
> you are right, the issue looks because of a buggy code in the current
> release of dibbler-client, solution is to change:
>
> /etc/init.d/dibbler-client line 48 from:
>
> 48 ($DAEMON stop 2>&1 > /dev/null ; true)
>
> to:
>
> 48 ($DAEMON stop 2>&1 > /dev/null || true)
>
> and after that it goes smooth.
>
> thank you very much Preston and NoOp for your help!
...

You are most welcome. Have a great weekend.





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