package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Kevin]

Binary package hint: update-manager

I tried to update edubuntu from 7.10 to 8.04 and got several errors including something about moodle not being able to install. when the update manager was almost done it ran into a problem and aborted.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat May 24 11:05:15 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Package: update-manager 1:0.87.27
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.87.27 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.22-14-generic i686

[Jerzy Mansarliński (jmansar)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. This bug has already been reported here (bug #225662). Any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Here is the error:

Setting up moodle (1.8.2-1ubuntu4) ...
Creating config file /etc/moodle/config.php with new version
 * Reloading web server config apache2
apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName
   ...done.
grep: /etc/postgresql///pg_hba.conf: No such file or directory
Your settings in /etc/postgresql///pg_hba.conf do not allow me to continue.
Unknown id: postgres
uid=1000(kevin) gid=1000(kevin) groups=1000(kevin),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),104(scanner),108(lpadmin),110(admin),114(netdev),117(powerdev)
Unknown id: postgres
dpkg: error processing moodle (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1