[Pkg-db-devel] Bug#569977: libdb4.7-java-gcj: broken - prevents other packages from installing

[Gary Dale]

Package: libdb4.7-java-gcj
Version: 4.7.25-9
Severity: normal

See below. This has been going on for about a week. Something in the gcj 
packages
is preventing them from being removed or upgraded. This in turn is 
preventing other
packages from being upgraded. Dpkg --configure -a does not fix it and I 
can't
remove the package.

transponder:/home/garydale# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done                   
Building dependency tree                        
Reading state information... Done               
Calculating upgrade... Done                     
The following packages will be REMOVED          
  gir1.0-clutter-0.8                            
The following NEW packages will be installed    
  gdbserver gir1.0-clutter-1.0 gnome-session-common libclutter-1.0-0
The following packages have been kept back:                         
  gcj-jre-headless gij                                              
The following packages will be upgraded:                            
  app-install-data base-files dbus dbus-x11 debhelper digikam 
docbook-xsl file gdb
  gir1.0-gtk-2.0 gnome-codec-install gnome-session gnome-session-bin 
iceweasel    
  iceweasel-dbg iso-codes libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2 libdrm-intel1 
libdrm2      
  libenchant1c2a libgcrypt11 libgmime-2.4-2 libjs-jquery libmagic1 
libneon27-gnutls
  libpam-modules libpam-runtime libpam0g libpython2.6 libqedje0a libqzion0a
libraptor1
  libseed0 libvirt-bin libvirt0 python-gnomeapplet 
python-gnomedesktop                
  python-gnomekeyring python-libvirt python-wnck python-xdg python2.6
python2.6-minimal
  raptor-utils smartmontools 
translate-toolkit                                         
47 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/45.1MB of archives.
After this operation, 4,770kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 172859 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libdb4.7-java-gcj 4.7.25-9 (using
.../libdb4.7-java-gcj_4.7.25-9_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libdb4.7-java-gcj ...
gcj-dbtool-4.2: error while loading shared libraries: libgcj.so.81: 
cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
dpkg: warning: old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
gcj-dbtool-4.2: error while loading shared libraries: libgcj.so.81: 
cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/libdb4.7-java-gcj_4.7.25-9_amd64.deb
(--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
gcj-dbtool-4.2: error while loading shared libraries: libgcj.so.81: 
cannot open
shared object file: No such file or directory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Preparing to replace libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2 (using
.../libdbus-1-3_1.2.20-2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libdbus-1-3 ...
Preparing to replace libdbus-glib-1-2 0.82-2 (using
.../libdbus-glib-1-2_0.84-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libdbus-glib-1-2 ...
Preparing to replace libseed0 2.28.0-2 (using 
.../libseed0_2.28.1-1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libseed0 ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb4.7-java-gcj_4.7.25-9_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libdb4.7-java-gcj depends on:
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-2         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdb4.7-java           4.7.25-9         Berkeley v4.7 Database 
Libraries f
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.2-9        GCC support library
ii  libgcj-bc               4.4.2-3          Link time only library for 
use wit
ii  libgcj-common           1:4.4.2-3        Java runtime library 
(common files
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

libdb4.7-java-gcj recommends no packages.

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