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

[Gary Dale]

Clint Adams wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 11:52:42PM -0500, Gary Dale wrote:
>   
>>> Where does your gcj-dbtool-4.2 come from?
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> As far as I can tell, it's from the Debian/Squeeze repositories. It  
>> seems to be associated with OpenOffice.org.
>>     
>
> Please run
>
> dpkg -S gcj-dbtool-4.2
>
>   
dpkg: *gcj-dbtool-4.2* not found.

I got the same result for libdb4.7-java-gcj. However, if I try to 
install it, the gcj-dbtool-4.2 isn't found while libdb4.7-java-gcj gives 
me this:


transponder:/home/garydale# aptitude install libdb4.7-java-gcj
Reading package lists... Done                                
Building dependency tree                                     
Reading state information... Done                            
Reading extended state information                           
Initializing package states... Done                          
Reading task descriptions... Done                            
The following packages will be REMOVED:                      
  firebird2.1-common{u} firebird2.1-common-doc{u} gir1.0-clutter-0.8{u}
  libclutter-0.8-0{u} libclutter-cairo-0.8-0{u} libclutter-gtk-0.8-0{u}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 366 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1,335kB of archives. After unpacking 3,187kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
(Reading database ... 172885 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
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)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done