package apache2.2-common 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[r0g]

Binary package hint: apache2

Won't upgrade... no idea why but I've tried a heap of things to fix it. Checked all my config files for syntax errors, nowt found :/

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: apache2.2-common 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 15 18:09:27 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: apache2
Title: package apache2.2-common 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[r0g (n-launchpad-technicalbloke-com)]

Curiously I tried running the post installation script ( /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache2.2-common.postinst ) by hand and it returns 0 rather than 1 i.e. no error

Also, marked as a security error not because I found a dangerous bug but I figure not being able to update ones apache could well prove to be security problem on a productions server, sorry if that's incorrect!

Cheers,

Roger.

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hi r0g, thanks for taking the time to file this bug report and help us make Ubuntu better.

The relevant failure from DpkgTerminaLog.txt is:

Setting up apache2.2-common (2.2.14-5ubuntu8.2) ...
ERROR: Module reqtimeout does not exist!

This issue has come up before, and its likely you have a problem with a config file missing.

Can you please verify that /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/reqtimeout.load points to a real file that loads that module? It should look something like this:

LoadModule reqtimeout_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_reqtimeout.so

And also check that /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/reqtimeout.conf has content in it to configure that module.

If the .conf file is there, but the .load file is not, that is your problem. You will need to re-create the file in /etc/apache2/mods-available and then run 'sudo a2enmod reqtimeout'. A simpler solution, if you don't want request timeouts, is to just run 'sudo a2dismod reqtimeout'.

Marking Incomplete pending response from r0g.

[r0g (n-launchpad-technicalbloke-com)]

Hi Clint,

Actually I think we can close this one, the last batch of updates I got (bout a week ago) seemed to have fixed it. For the record I never had (or had heard of) reqtimeout so the problem definitely wasn't with it's config files, it must have been somewhere else.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Regards,

Roger.

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Closing based on feedback.