Unpacking pci.ids (0.0~2024.05.31-1) over (0.0~2024.04.20-1) ...
debconf: Unable to load Debconf::Element::Dialog. Failed because: Can't locate Debconf/Element/Dialog.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Debconf::Element::Dialog module) (@INC entries checked: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl/5.38.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.38.2 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl5/5.38 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl/5.38 /usr/share/perl/5.38 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at (eval 19) line 1, <GEN0> line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 19) line 1, <GEN0> line 3.

Can't locate object method "new" via package "Debconf::Element::Dialog" (perhaps you forgot to load "Debconf::Element::Dialog"?) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd.pm line 69, <GEN0> line 3.
Setting up pci.ids (0.0~2024.05.31-1) ...

- -- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 6.8.12-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU thread; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

- -- no debconf information
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Hi!

There is not enough context in the report to really see what's going
on here.
message after «Setting up» which would indicate that step of the
process. The errors happen between Unpacking and Setting up, but then
pci.ids has no debconf support at all, so this should be something
else. I'd assume something (apt perhaps?) is invoking something
debconf related in-between. But then the modules being complained
about are all inside debconf, so if those are failing then this would
look like a debconf issue?

In any case:
  - this is definitely not a pci.ids issue,
  - it's not clear who is invoking debconf (checking logs might help),
  - this looks like a potential debconf issue (but could be something
    else, like damaged system or partially configured packages).

So I'd either close this, or reassign, but it's not clear where, and
given the unclear culprit I'm a bit reluctant to dump this as is into
someone else tracker. :/

Thanks,
Guillem

Hi!
pe 21. kesäk. 2024 klo 13.18 Guillem Jover (guillem@debian.org) kirjoitti:

Agreed. APT remains pretty vague on exactly what caused this.

Possibly.

APT logs and 'dpkg -L debconf' are attached.

I'm as baffled as you are. I just noticed debconf barfing at the
pci.ids point and pasted what I saw.

Martin-Éric

Could you also attach dpkg.log? That might reveal which package was
deconfigured there.

Chris

la 22. kesäk. 2024 klo 14.39 Chris Hofstaedtler (zeha@debian.org) kirjoitti:

Attached.

Martin-Éric

Hi!

As I mentioned initially, but this confirms pci.ids did not fail to
configure. My assumption is that something in an apt hook on that
system failed to operate correctly. I'll be reassigning the original
report to debconf, for lack of a better place.

Thanks,
Guillem

Hi!

As mentioned on the report, this is not an issue with pci.ids, but
with something (apt) calling debconf (perhaps indirectly) between the
unpack and configure runs. I'd assume an apt hook is causing this. I'm
reassigning this to debconf as the actual thing apparently failing, but
if the actual hook (or caller) can be tracked down then perhaps that
can be reassigned there. (Sorry for passing along this hot potato. :)

(The BTS contains mails with several log files, and some analysis.)


Thanks,
Guillem

Martin-Éric, could you provide the output of "ls /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/"
and "grep -E 'debconf|dpkg-' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*"?  That would
probably speed up the search here.

Thanks,

ti 3. syysk. 2024 klo 12.47 Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) kirjoitti:

$ ls /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
00CDMountPoint  00trustcdrom  01autoremove  20apt-show-versions
50appstream  50apt-file.conf  50command-not-found  70debconf
99funkyware  99-localepurge  99needrestart

$ grep -E 'debconf|dpkg-' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/*
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf:// Pre-configure all packages with
debconf before they are installed.
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf:DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs
{"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";};

Martin-Éric

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