package samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #298126 reported by Bob Kline
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

I got thrown into launchpad during an upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ath_hal
Package: samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

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Bob Kline (bkline) wrote :
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Bob Kline (bkline) wrote :

After the bug report was initially filed, the upgrade process aborted, with a warning that the system might not work properly. So what do I do now?

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Bob Kline (bkline) wrote :

Well, I give up. Apparently no one on the Ubuntu team views an upgrade process which scrambles users' computers to be a serious problem so I scrubbed the machine and did a fresh installation. Don't bother to post the normal "are you still having the problem you reported six months ago? can we close this bug?" questions.

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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote :

fwiw, here is the root cause:

Setting up samba-common (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3) ...
Merging changes into the new version
 Conflicts found! Please edit `/etc/samba/smb.conf' and sort them out manually.
 The file `/etc/samba/smb.conf.ucf-new' has a record of the failed merge of the configuration file.
dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

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Ante Karamatić (ivoks) wrote :

UCF offers merging of configs. So, I find it strange that it didn't in this case. But, /var/log/distupgrademainlog then gives us an answer:

2008-11-14 11:41:53,153 WARNING no activity on terminal for 240 seconds (Configuring samba-common)
2008-11-14 12:07:14,942 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'samba-common': 'subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

Changed in samba:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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Ante Karamatić (ivoks) wrote :

Marking this one as won't fix and moving to update-manager. It's not samba bug. update-manager waits for 4 minutes for user input. If user doesn't provide it, it takes some action. In this case, it waited for user input on ucf. Since user didn't provide input, it picked default option - merging of configs. Merging failed and thus samba-common was left unconfigured.

If you feel this is still a bug, please reopen it.

Thank you

Changed in samba:
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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