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package sudo 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1399924 reported by theodor Panagiotakopoulos on 2014-12-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1579584: installing guitarpro6 creates a situation where sudo:i386 is scheduled for install. Edit Remove

This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	sudo (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	High	Unassigned
	sudo (Ubuntu Linaro Evaluation Build)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

nothing happens just a window at every startup appears about fixing the problem

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: sudo 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 3.14.1-031401-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Dec 5 01:47:59 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:sudo:1.8.9p5-1ubuntu2:subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-23 (165 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: sudo
Title: package sudo 1.8.9p5-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-27 (39 days ago)
VisudoCheck:
/etc/sudoers: parsed OK
/etc/sudoers.d/README: parsed OK

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theodor Panagiotakopoulos (theo2021) wrote on 2014-12-06:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (679 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1008 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (610 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (75.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (851 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Sudoers.txt Edit (744 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2014-12-06

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2014-12-06:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in sudo (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2014-12-23

Changed in sudo (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

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Joel Peláez Jorge (joelpelaez) wrote on 2015-01-26:

In the log file DpkgHistoryLog.txt show than sudo package would be replaced by the same but different architecture (amd64 -> i386).

You installed a package of i386 with Depend (not Recommend or Suggest) to sudo:i386 package or Conflicts with sudo:amd64 forcing to change to i386 binary. Because the Arch change is (remove and install) not reinstall nor up/downgrade, sudo package show the warning and cancel the installation by system integrity.

Please check the broken package than cause this issue because I reinstalled, upgrade and downgrade with this version and I can't reproduce the bug.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2016-09-16:

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 1579584, 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.