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postfix package

package postfix None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #351232 reported by Bill Muller on 2009-03-29

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #349469: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	postfix (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: postfix

Installing RealPlayer 11 Gold on Desktop Release 8.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: postfix None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.list]
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686

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Bill Muller (billmullerii-aol) wrote on 2009-03-29:

DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (332.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Andreas Olsson (andol) wrote on 2009-04-26:

This seems to be the critical point.

debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.5.5-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

I'm marking this bug as a duplicate of bug #349469, which takes a general approach on the "config.dat is locked by another process" issue.