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base-files package

package base-files 5.0.0ubuntu25 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/90-updates-available exited with return code 255

Bug #682843 reported by Brian Murray
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This bug affects 20 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
base-files (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Colin Watson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: base-files

This happened during a distribution upgrade from Maverick to Natty.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: base-files 5.0.0ubuntu25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: fee5e196cb921cbd36888f428b38b488
CheckboxSystem: 2a6f54df59af338184485e85cbcf0d32
Date: Mon Nov 29 09:40:45 2010
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: base-files
Title: package base-files 5.0.0ubuntu25 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/natty/base-files
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

confirming due to duplicates and reproduced with A1 ISOs.

Changed in base-files (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Error from term.log

---
Setting up base-files (5.0.0ubuntu25) ...

Installing new version of config file /etc/issue ...

Installing new version of config file /etc/issue.net ...

Installing new version of config file /etc/lsb-release ...

E: Error: BrokenCount > 0run-parts: /etc/update-motd.d/90-updates-available exited with return code 255

dpkg: error processing base-files (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Errors were encountered while processing:

 base-files
---

summary: - package base-files 5.0.0ubuntu25 failed to install/upgrade:
- ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
- error exit status 1
+ package base-files 5.0.0ubuntu25 failed to install/upgrade: run-parts:
+ /etc/update-motd.d/90-updates-available exited with return code 255
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)
tags: added: iso-testing
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
affects: base-files (Ubuntu) → update-notifier (Ubuntu)
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Actually, reassigning back to base-files - it should be ignoring errors from update-motd.

affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu) → base-files (Ubuntu)
Changed in base-files (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package base-files - 5.0.0ubuntu26

---------------
base-files (5.0.0ubuntu26) natty; urgency=low

  * Ignore errors from update-motd (LP: #682843).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:43:30 +0000

Changed in base-files (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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