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skype package

update-manager crashed with skype in _run_in_dialog(): Depends: skype-bin but it is a virtual package

Bug #1148049 reported by Jeremiah Njoroge on 2013-03-05

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	skype (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

attempted to use update-manager to install skype-bin dependencies and it crashed

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/defer/__init__.py", line 483, in _inline_callbacks
    result = gen.throw(excep)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/backend/InstallBackendAptdaemon.py", line 86, in commit
    True, close_on_done)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/defer/__init__.py", line 483, in _inline_callbacks
    result = gen.throw(excep)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/backend/InstallBackendAptdaemon.py", line 158, in _run_in_dialog
    yield trans.run()
aptdaemon.errors.TransactionFailed: Transaction failed: The package system is broken
The following packages have unmet dependencies:

skype: Depends: skype-bin but it is a virtual package

ProblemType: CrashDistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.183
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-030800rc6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 5 15:47:08 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager
GsettingsChanges:
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1362526415'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'675'
b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'665'
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-04 (60 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121016.1)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.3
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/update-manager --no-update
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/update-manager', '--no-update']SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: update-manager crashed with skype in _run_in_dialog(): Depends: skype-bin but it is a virtual package
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Jeremiah Njoroge (jnjoroge) wrote on 2013-03-05:

Aptdaemon.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt.txt Edit (11.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (12.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt.txt Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt.txt Edit (35.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (62.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (835 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Traceback.txt Edit (737 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Private → Public

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-03-06

tags:	removed: need-duplicate-check
Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi) on 2013-04-01

description:	updated
affects:	update-manager (Ubuntu) → skype (Ubuntu)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-05-31:

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

Changed in skype (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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