package firebird2.0-classic/super failed to install/upgrade: find: /var/run/firebird: No such file or directory
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firebird2.0 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Tried to install firebird2.0-classic and it failed with an error code of 1. I am using Ubuntu 8.04.1.
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 13 12:16:56 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: firebird2.0-classic 2.0.3.12981.ds1-12
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: firebird2.0
Title: package firebird2.0-classic 2.0.3.12981.ds1-12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
:: Description of the bug ::
This bug occurs when /var/run is of type tmpfs.
The path /var/run/
When the system is rebooted /var/run/
:: Steps to reproduce ::
$ sudo apt-get install firebird2.0-common (or firebird2.
$ reboot
$ sudo apt-get install firebird2.0-classic
:: Error ::
Setting up firebird2.0-super (2.0.3.
find: /var/run/firebird: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing firebird2.0-super (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
:: Solution/Workaround ::
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall firebird2.0-common
$ sudo apt-get install firebird2.0-classic
Will recreate the user and the directory
description: | updated |
-=| Jean-Baptiste Lallement, Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 08:43:10PM -0000 |=- 0-classic/ super failed to install/upgrade: find: /var/run/firebird: No such file or directory
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - package firebird2.0-classic 2.0.3.12981.ds1-12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> + package firebird2.
You can work around the problem by disabling usage of tmpfs for
/var/run.
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