Update manager failed - package bind9 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[nik [tm]]

Binary package hint: bind9

Ubuntu 9.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 21 13:55:13 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate amd64 (20091020.3)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: bind9 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: bind9
Title: package bind9 1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64

[Alex (alex-miller422)]

This is probably related to Bug #471975

[nik [tm] (tmcruisin)]

Thanks Alex,

Its a similar problem, (resolv.conf no longer a symlink) but I think its related to running the openvpn manager and bailing out half way through a vpn setup.

Apologies I dont have anything more conclusive, but I do recall it breaking resolv.conf and thus DNS which I manually fixed.

solution to get me going was to;

$ sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
$ sudo ln -s /etc/resolvconf/run/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
$ sudo apt-get -f install

problem goes away.

HTH