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package man-db 2.6.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1027557 reported by jagdish bidwai on 2012-07-22

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #349469: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	man-db (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

the following packages have unmet dependencies

mailutils : Depends: default-mta or
mail-transport-agent
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: man-db 2.6.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 19 21:38:28 2012
DuplicateSignature:
Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_2.9.1-4_amd64.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.9.1-4_amd64.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.6.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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jagdish bidwai (jagdish-bi) wrote on 2012-07-22:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (301 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (653 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (397 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (63.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (46.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (3.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-07-22

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2012-07-22:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 349469, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.