package bind9 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Manmay Hota]

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  bind9-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  bind9
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/347 kB of archives.
After this operation, 963 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package bind9.
(Reading database ... 434103 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bind9 (from .../bind9_1%3a9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for ufw ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up bind9 (1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7) ...
Adding group `bind' (GID 130) ...
Done.
Adding system user `bind' (UID 123) ...
Adding new user `bind' (UID 123) with group `bind' ...
Not creating home directory `/var/cache/bind'.
wrote key file "/etc/bind/rndc.key"
NOT updating named.conf.options to include DNSSEC enablement
#
 * Starting domain name service... bind9 [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing bind9 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bind9
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bind9 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-34.49~precise1-generic 3.8.13.12
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-34-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
AptOrdering:
 bind9: Install
 bind9: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 2 13:45:22 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:bind9:1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
RelatedPackageVersions:
 bind9utils 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7
 apparmor 2.7.102-0ubuntu3.9
SourcePackage: bind9
Title: package bind9 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Robie Basak (racb)]

From log:

Jan 2 13:45:21 manmay-Vostro1510 named[9810]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf'
Jan 2 13:45:21 manmay-Vostro1510 named[9810]: /etc/bind/named.conf.options:15: unknown option '218.248.240.181'
Jan 2 13:45:21 manmay-Vostro1510 named[9810]: /etc/bind/named.conf.options:16: unknown option '203.129.205.10'
Jan 2 13:45:21 manmay-Vostro1510 named[9810]: /etc/bind/named.conf.options:17: unknown option '8.8.8.8'
Jan 2 13:45:21 manmay-Vostro1510 named[9810]: loading configuration: failure
Jan 2 13:45:21 manmay-Vostro1510 named[9810]: exiting (due to fatal error)

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for your report.

This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu.

Specifically, it looks like the bind configuration you have specified in /etc/bind is not valid.

You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than configuration problems, I'm marking this bug as Invalid. This helps us to focus on fixing bugs in Ubuntu.

If you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.