package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[bsamoil]

Binary package hint: update-manager

upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10 online ubuntu 8.10 seems to have installed

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.93.34
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
Title: package update-manager 1:0.93.34 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-24-generic i686

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Here is the problem:

Setting up samba-common (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.4) ...
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

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

I reassign to ucf, IMO it should not fail like this but instead offer the user to fix the problem in a different way without breaking in the maintainer script.

[bsamoil (bsamoil)]

I'm new at this.
would I be safe to enter " Sudo apt-get install Samba" in the command line?
Thanks.
bsamoil

Michael Vogt wrote:
> I reassign to ucf, IMO it should not fail like this but instead offer
> the user to fix the problem in a different way without breaking in the
> maintainer script.
>
> ** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu) => ucf (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: ucf (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Confirmed
>
>