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package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

Bug #519128 reported by superfrogman94 on 2010-02-09

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #442941: debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	debconf (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

it cannot update

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 8 22:11:28 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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superfrogman94 (superfrogman94) wrote on 2010-02-09:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (627 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (520 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (23.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (4.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Chuck Short (zulcss) on 2010-02-10

affects:

samba (Ubuntu) → debconf (Ubuntu)

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Thierry Carrez (ttx) wrote on 2010-02-11:

Relevant error:

Setting up samba-common (2:3.4.0-3ubuntu5.4) ...
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2010-03-05:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 442941, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.