Ubuntu
apt package

Can't update system after uninstall

Bug #654393 reported by First on 2010-10-04

This bug affects 7 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	apt (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned	Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04.2
Nominated for Lucid by Fabián Rodríguez

Bug Description

Binary package hint: squid-deb-proxy-client

I was trying to find out what's the problem on my network and decided to remove the following packages on my Ubuntu Lucid (client):
squid-deb-proxy-client 0.3.1
avahi-utils 0.6.25-1ubuntu6.1

A while ago, I tried to update and install the removed packages and I get this:
"Failed to exec method /usr/share/squid-deb-proxy-client/apt-avahi-discover"

Related branches

lp://staging/squid-deb-proxy

lp://staging/~mvo/apt/mvo

Merged into lp://staging/~pitti/apt/compressed-indexes at revision 2036

Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested 2010-10-13

Merged into lp://staging/~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu at revision 1810

Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested 2010-10-13

lp://staging/~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/ubuntu

lp://staging/ubuntu/natty/apt

lp://staging/debian/apt

Revision history for this message

David L (toxicdav3) wrote on 2010-10-05:

The package does not clean up all its changes.

Removing the line:
Acquire::http::ProxyAutoDetect "/usr/share/squid-deb-proxy-client/apt-avahi-discover";

from:
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30autoproxy

Cheers.

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2010-11-10

Changed in squid-deb-proxy (Ubuntu):
status:	New → In Progress
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2010-11-10

Changed in squid-deb-proxy (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

Michael Vogt (mvo) on 2010-11-22

affects:	squid-deb-proxy (Ubuntu) → apt (Ubuntu)
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Michael Vogt (mvo)
status:	Fix Committed → In Progress

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-11-22:

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.8.9ubuntu3

---------------
apt (0.8.9ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low

  * methods/http.cc:
    - do not hang if Acquire::http::ProxyAutoDetect can not be
      executed or returns no data (LP: #654393)
-- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:42:50 +0100

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Released

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Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab) wrote on 2010-11-29:

I just had this problem on a 10.04 LTS system. I believe this would be a good SRU candidate.

Jorge Castro (jorge) on 2010-11-29

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
milestone:	none → ubuntu-10.04.2

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Saji Nediyanchath (saji89) wrote on 2013-07-08:

Same error seems to be occuring again in Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS

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Martin Albisetti (beuno) wrote on 2013-12-18:

This bug seems to have indeed cropped up again.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Released → Confirmed
assignee:	Michael Vogt (mvo) → nobody

Revision history for this message

Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2013-12-19:

@Martin: What do I need to do to reproduce this problem?

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Dan Watkins (oddbloke) wrote on 2014-09-23:

I can confirm that an uninstall of squid-deb-proxy-client (but not the server on the same machine) has left me with:

Acquire::http::ProxyAutoDetect "/usr/share/squid-deb-proxy-client/apt-avahi-discover";

in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30autoproxy.

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