package linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.42 failed to install/upgrade:

[Martin Olsson]

it asked me "what do you want to do about menu.lst?" .... I choose "do a three-way diff".
RESULT: my entire jaunty upgrade failed and left my machine in a bad state.

I actually happened to know what menu.lst is so its not a problem for me but seriously... not a lot people knows what menu.lst is and they should not have to. Also, when they are asked about a strange thing like this, the success of their OS upgrade should not be on the line / in jeopardy.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=70db070c-ea27-4383-9392-a1fe57953845
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
Package: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.42
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=ce96a7ae-0062-4abb-ae1e-f51282c92e5c ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-11.31-generic
SourcePackage: linux
Title: package linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic 2.6.28-11.42 failed to install/upgrade:

[Martin Olsson (mnemo)]

FWIW, the "repair" step in the end up the upgrade saved my machine successfully.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Hi Martin,

This looks to be a duplicate of bug 269539 so I am marking it as such. Please continue to track this issue at that report. Thanks.