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)

[David Haigh]

/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log
/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log
/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log
/var/log/dist-upgrade/main_pre_req.log
/var/log/dist-upgrade/term.log
/var/log/dist-upgrade/xorg_fix_intrepid.log

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: ath_hal
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 error:

2009-09-30 12:53:12,447 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'linux-image-2.6.27-14-generic': 'subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

Setting up linux-image-2.6.27-14-generic (2.6.27-14.41) ...^M
Running depmod.^M
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-14-generic^M
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.^M
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub^M
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default^M
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst^M
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...^M
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-14-generic^M
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic^M
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic^M
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin^M
Merging changes into the new version^M
^M
 Conflicts found! Please edit `/var/run/grub/menu.lst' and sort them out manually.^M
 The file `/var/run/grub/menu.lst.ucf-new' has a record of the failed merge of the configuration file.^M
^M
User postinst hook script [/sbin/update-grub] exited with value 3^M
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.27-14-generic (--configure):^M
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3^M

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

This appears to be a issue with ucf

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

This is unrelated to bug #226708, which it's been marked as a duplicate of. This is actually a duplicate of bug #269539, which has been addressed in the latest version of ucf in karmic.