[maemo-developers] Sardine device upgrade failing for days now

[From: Neil MacLeod]

Neil MacLeod wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Sardine has been failing for about 12 days now, and maybe longer - I've been trying to test Sardine since the beginning of July. The upgrade always fails at the same point with osso-thumbnail0. This is the output from the upgrade:
> 
> 	Preparing to replace osso-thumbnail0 0.7-1 (using .../osso-thumbnail0_0.9_armel.deb) ...
> 	Unpacking replacement osso-thumbnail0 ...
> 	Errors were encountered while processing:
> 	 /var/cache/apt/archives/dbus_1.0.2-0osso8_armel.deb
> 	E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> My /etc/apt/sources.list file is:
> 
> 	#maemo:essential
> 	deb http://repository.maemo.org sardine main non-free
> 
> It makes no difference if I'm upgrading 3.2007 or 4.2007 on my N800.
> 
> Any idea how to fix Sardine?
> 
> Many thanks.

Ok, so it's not osso-thumbnail0 with the error - it's dbus_1.0.2-0osso8_armel.deb! :)

Here's the dbus related output:

	Preparing to replace dbus 0.61-osso28 (using .../dbus_1.0.2-0osso8_armel.deb) ...

	Unpacking replacement dbus ...
	dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dbus_1.0.2-0osso8_armel.deb (--unpack):
	 trying to overwrite `/var/run', which is also in package ssh
	dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
	groupadd: group messagebus exists
	useradd: user messagebus exists
	mkdir: cannot create directory '/var/run/': No such file or directory
	invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "start" failed.
	dpkg: error while cleaning up:
	 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1