[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#905531: snmpd: Stupid error during dist-upgrade

[Niels Thykier]

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On Sun, 05 Aug 2018 15:25:25 +0000 "teo8976 at gmail.com"
<teo8976 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: snmpd
> Version: 5.7.2.1+dfsg-1+deb8u1+b1
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> I ran apt dist-upgrade
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
>    
> It ended with an error related to snmpd. These are the last lines of output:
> 
> Replacing config file /etc/perl/XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini with new version
> Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u10) ...
> Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u7) ...
> Processing triggers for libapache2-mod-php5 (5.6.36+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
> Processing triggers for libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:amd64 (2.31.1-2+deb8u7) ...
> Processing triggers for dictionaries-common (1.23.17) ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  snmpd
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> 
> And there's no indication of what to do to fix it. It doesn't even tell me if snmpd will be working or not.
> 
> 
> * What outcome did you expect instead?
> 
> The error shouldn't exist in the first place, but if something went wrong, you must tell me WHAT THE FUCK it is that went wrong and what I am supposed to d
> o.
> 
> 
>[...]


Hi,

What you see there is presumably the summary information at the end of
the upgrade and not the actual error.  If you still have the upgrade
log, then please attach it to the bug.  Otherwise, you may be able to
retrigger the problem by running (as root):

   dpkg --configure -a

Thanks,
~Niels