hc-chef-repo package fails to install when upgrading HipChat Server

Summary

When upgrading HipChat Server, installation of the 'hc-chef-repo' package fails. The upgrade reports success regardless.

This could potentially cause a wide variety of problematic behavior. Reported so far:

• the 'punjab' service fails to start with the following log entry due to its initialization script failing to update properly:

  /hipchat/punjab/current/vendor/virtualenv/bin/twistd: option --facility not recognized

Environment

• Upgrade to HipChat Server v1.4.3, deployed as an OVA in VMware

Steps to Reproduce

Upgrade HipChat Server

Expected Results

Upgrade fully installs all packages correctly.

Actual Results

Upgrade fails to install 'hc-chef-repo' with the following error occurring in the /var/log/hipchat/update.log file:

ERROR Command '['apt-get', 'upgrade', '-y', '--force-yes', 'hc-chef-repo']' returned non-zero exit status 100

Workaround

1. Log into the HipChat Server terminal/command-line interface
2. Manually reinstall 'hc-chef-repo' with the following commands:

   sudo dont-blame-hipchat
   dpkg --configure -a
   apt-get install --reinstall hc-chef-repo
   cs
   exit