dietpi-update from v7.0.2 to v7.1.2 fails - services hanging

[rhpsFan65]

Details:

• Date | Sun May 23 15:52:15 CEST 2021
• Bug report | 95a7d99e-684f-4195-a0a7-fadaa92b659a
• DietPi version | v7.0.2 (MichaIng/master)
• Image creator | DietPi Core Team
• Pre-image | Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit
• Hardware | RPi 4 Model B (aarch64) (ID=4)
• Kernel version | Linux Raspi07 5.10.17-v8+ DietPi-Software | ownCloud/Nextcloud: Enable auto backup & recovery & other enhancements #1414 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 30 13:23:25 BST 2021 aarch64 GNU/Linux
• Distro | buster (ID=5,RASPBIAN=0)
• Command | dpkg --remove-architecture armhf
• Exit code | 2
• Software title | DietPi-Patch

Steps to reproduce:

1. Login with ssh
2. call sudo Dietpi-update

-> happened the second time now after a restore

Expected behaviour:

finish update without error

Actual behaviour:

Error Message
Some Services are not running any more after the error message

Extra details:

Would be great to get an hint on how to recover without restoring a backup.

• ...

Additional logs:

dpkg: error: cannot remove architecture 'armhf' currently in use by the database

logs attached
dietpi-update.log
DietpiUpdate210523.txt

[MichaIng]

Many thanks for your report.

Here the underlying issue and fix has been applied for v7.2 already: #4338

When you face the error prompt, select "Change command" and replace it with "true" or ":".

Out of interest, which armhf packages have you installed?

dpkg --get-selections '*:armhf' | mawk '{print $1}'

[Joulinar]

Still I wonder how many people have installed armhf binaries on an aarch64 system 🤔

[MichaIng]

Obviously it was possible to install e.g. chromium-browser in some cases. When I tested it last time, I ran into a conflict, but it doesn't seem to be the case always. With v7.1 we switched it to install chromium from the Debian repo instead, i.e. an arm64 package, but here it's v7.0.

[rhpsFan65]

Dear Micha,

thanks for your quick response. Here is the information requested:

$ dpkg --get-selections '*:armhf' | mawk '{print $1}'
gcc-8-base:armhf
libc6:armhf
libgcc1:armhf
shairport-sync:armhf
wiringpi:armhf

[MichaIng]

So it's WiringPi in your case, and ehm Shairport Sync? How did you install the letter one?

I recommend, after DietPi v7.2 has been released and you updated, to install WiringPi via dietpi-software and remove the DEB package. It's an old version while dietpi-software will use a new repository for it with better RPi4 support, compiling it on your system natively as aarch64 library and binary: #4324

For Shairport Sync we have aarch64 packages, actually: https://dietpi.com/downloads/binaries/buster/shairport-sync_aarch64.deb
But I'll rebuild them later today, as a new version is available.

With the two changes, you would be able to remove the armhf architecture.

[rhpsFan65]

Thanks for the analysis. I'll modify the installation as you've recommended.
Acutally I did not install this packages explicitly. They must have come along with other packages.

And - your hint solved the problem - Thanks for your help.