package squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[ubername]

Binary package hint: squid

Installing latest updates.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu11
Uname: Linux 2.6.34-999-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 30 22:20:28 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
SourcePackage: squid
Title: package squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu11 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

Setting up squid (2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu11) ...

start: Job failed to start

invoke-rc.d: initscript squid, action "restart" failed.

dpkg: error processing squid (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Same goes for trying to purge squid.

daniel@miyazaki:~$ LC_ALL=C sudo dpkg -P squid
(Reading database ... 183846 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing squid ...
stop: Job failed while stopping
invoke-rc.d: initscript squid, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing squid (--purge):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
squid start/running, process 4326
Errors were encountered while processing:
 squid
daniel@miyazaki:~$

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Why is this set to "low" ? If its a maintainer script failue it should be "high" because it may lead to cascading failures in a complex upgrade situation.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Closing manually due to syntax error in changelog

 squid (2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu12) lucid; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/squid.upstart, debian/rules, postrm, postinst: Fixed up postinstallation
     (LP: # 552360)