package bind9 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Open Sos]

Binary package hint: bind9

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ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 13 12:06:59 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: bind9 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: bind9
Title: package bind9 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[Mathias Gug (mathiaz)]

Thanks for your bug report and for your contribution to ubuntu. Could you post the content of /var/log/daemon.log and /var/log/syslog at the time of the failed package upgrade to figure out why bind9 failed to be restarted?

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Jack Henderson (jack-jack-co)]

Happening in the terminal as well:

Setting up bind9 (1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2) ...
 * Starting domain name service... bind9 [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing bind9 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bind9
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Fernando Roxo (roxo)]

Package Architecture: X86_64

# apt-get -f install
======= balhblahblah clipped ================
Preparando para substituir bind9 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3 (usando .../bind9_1%3a9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb) ...
 * Stopping domain name service... bind9
resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf must be a symlink
invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: aviso: antigo script pre-removal retornou um erro 1 como status de saída
dpkg - tentando script do novo pacote em vez disso ...
prerm called with unknown argument `failed-upgrade'
dpkg: erro processando /var/cache/apt/archives/bind9_1%3a9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 sub-processo novo script pre-removal retornou estado de saída de erro 1
Erros foram encontrados durante o processamento de:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/bind9_1%3a9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  The error message that got my attention was :

resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf must be a symlink

This file was generated by NetworkManager during a 3G connection.
After disconnecting I went to '/etc' and issued the command :

# cd /etc
# ln -sf /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf

After that the installation finished without error.

# apt-get -f install
======= balhblahblah clipped ================
Preparando para substituir bind9 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3 (usando .../bind9_1%3a9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb) ...
 * Stopping domain name service... bind9 [ OK ]
Desempacotando substituto bind9 ...
Processando gatilhos para ufw ...
Processando gatilhos para ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processando gatilhos para man-db ...
Configurando bind9 (1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2) ...
 * Starting domain name service... bind9 [ OK ]

# LC_ALL=C apt-get check
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

After connection the NetworkManager changed the file ' /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf '
and seems to be working ok.

[mclaud2000 (mclaud2000-deactivatedaccount)]

I can confirm that the solution posted by Fernando Roxo works.

[Ewerton de A. Dutra (ea.dutra)]

I too can confirm that the solution posted by Fernando Roxo works.

[fabeltranm (fabeltranm)]

I too can confirm that the solution posted by Fernando Roxo works.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

The solution posted by Fernando Roxo did not work for me.

:/etc$ ls -la | grep 'resolv.conf'
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-04-22 08:26 resolv.conf -> /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54 2010-04-21 12:30 resolv.conf.100421.backup

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

apt-get install hung

:/etc# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up bind9 (1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.3) ...
 * Stopping domain name service... bind9 [ OK ]
 * Starting domain name service... bind9 /usr/sbin/postconf: fatal: open /etc/postfix/main.cf: No such file or directory
cp: `/etc/resolv.conf' and `/etc/resolv.conf' are the same file
run-parts: /etc/resolvconf/update-libc.d/postfix exited with return code 1
run-parts: /etc/resolvconf/update.d/libc exited with return code 1
invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "restart" failed.
^C
dpkg: error processing bind9 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bind9
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[ebvigmo (erik-vigmostad)]

Mine hands too. Seems to be a problem with sendmail (which I don't use, I use postfix.

root@erikhome:/etc# apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up bind9 (1:9.7.3.dfsg-1ubuntu2.1) ...
 * Stopping domain name service... bind9 [ OK ]
 * Starting domain name service... bind9
.: 7: Can't open /usr/share/sendmail/dynamic
run-parts: /etc/resolvconf/update-libc.d/sendmail exited with return code 127
run-parts: /etc/resolvconf/update.d/libc exited with return code 1
invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "restart" failed.

[Joel Peláez Jorge (joelpelaez)]

See, in your case is needed install "sendmail-base" package and bind9 will restarted automatic.

[martin suchanek (martin-suc)]

Thanks Fernando Roxo - just solved my problem.

[Thomas Hood (jdthood)]

The original report did not involve resolvconf. Just mysterious failure as in #790372.

Reports #5 and following relate to resolvconf and are duplicates of #491387 et al.

#10 is a duplicate of #437783.

#11 is a different bug, in sendmail.

[agafonov (starshiitovarish)]

I have this problem too

 * Starting domain name service... bind9 [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing bind9 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bind9
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Jul 9 01:53:21 vps4659 named[640]: starting BIND 9.7.1-P2 -u bind
Jul 9 01:53:21 vps4659 named[640]: built with '--prefix=/usr' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--sysconfdir=/etc/bind' '--localstatedir=/var' '--enable-threads' '--enable-largefile' '--with-libtool' '--enable-shared' '--enable-static' '--with-openssl=/usr' '--with-gssapi=/usr' '--with-gnu-ld' '--with-dlz-postgres=no' '--with-dlz-mysql=no' '--with-dlz-bdb=yes' '--with-dlz-filesystem=yes' '--with-dlz-ldap=yes' '--with-dlz-stub=yes' '--with-geoip=/usr' '--enable-ipv6' 'CFLAGS=-fno-strict-aliasing -DDIG_SIGCHASE -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions' 'CPPFLAGS='
Jul 9 01:53:21 vps4659 named[640]: adjusted limit on open files from 1024 to 1048576
Jul 9 01:53:21 vps4659 named[640]: found 24 CPUs, using 24 worker threads
Jul 9 01:53:22 vps4659 named[640]: timer.c:931: unexpected error:
Jul 9 01:53:22 vps4659 named[640]: isc_thread_create() failed
Jul 9 01:53:22 vps4659 named[640]: ./main.c:579: unexpected error:
Jul 9 01:53:22 vps4659 named[640]: isc_timermgr_create() failed: unexpected error
Jul 9 01:53:22 vps4659 named[640]: create_managers() failed: unexpected error
Jul 9 01:53:22 vps4659 named[640]: exiting (due to early fatal error)

[agafonov (starshiitovarish)]

My last try install bind9 was after:

root@vps4659:~# apt-get install mysql-server

and

root@vps4659:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apache2 apache2-doc apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common apt apt-utils bind9 bind9-host
  bind9utils bsdutils bzip2 ca-certificates cifs-utils cpp-4.4 dhcp3-client dhcp3-common dpkg dselect fetchmail
  gcc-4.4-base ifupdown initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin initscripts ldap-utils libapr1 libaprutil1
  libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libbind9-60
  libblkid1 libbz2-1.0 libc-bin libc6 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libdns66 libfreetype6 libglib2.0-0 libgnutls26
  libgssapi-krb5-2 libisc60 libisccc60 libisccfg60 libk5crypto3 libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libldap-2.4-2 liblwres60
  libpam-modules libpam-runtime libpam0g libperl5.10 libplymouth2 libpng12-0 libsqlite3-0 libssl0.9.8 libudev0
  libuuid1 libwbclient0 libxml2 login logrotate mount openssh-client openssh-server openssl passwd perl perl-base
  perl-modules plymouth portmap python python-minimal rsync samba samba-common samba-common-bin smbfs sudo sysv-rc
  sysvinit-utils sysvutils tar tzdata udev update-inetd upstart util-linux uuid-runtime xkb-data
97 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

now i had did only:
root@vps4659:~# apt-get upgrade
without install "mysql-server" and i ve got nice rezult:

root@vps4659:~# /etc/init.d/bind9 stop
 * Stopping domain name service... bind9 [ OK ]
root@vps4659:~# /etc/init.d/bind9 start
 * Starting domain name service... bind9 [ OK ]

[Xavier Serna (xavi-serna)]

I can confirm also this bug, and resolved after installing package "sendmail-base" as suggested by Joel Pelaez Jorge (joelpelaez)