package apport 1.17.1-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Starbetrayer]

Binary package hint: apport

apport package failed to install during update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apport 1.17.1-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
ApportLog:

Architecture: amd64
CrashReports:
 600:0:0:386590:2011-01-25 18:00:42.990148000 -0500:2011-01-25 18:00:43.990148000 -0500:/var/crash/samba.0.crash
 600:0:0:452470:2011-01-26 19:01:47.601922000 -0500:2011-01-26 19:59:12.161922001 -0500:/var/crash/apport.0.crash
 600:0:0:276528:2011-01-26 19:58:56.641921000 -0500:2011-01-26 19:58:57.641921000 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_sbin_NetworkManager.0.crash
Date: Wed Jan 26 19:01:48 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apport
Title: package apport 1.17.1-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

The failure in this case was:

Setting up apport (1.17.1-0ubuntu3) ...
start: Job is already running: apport
invoke-rc.d: initscript apport, action "start" failed.

which is surprising, since apport.prerm should be stopping the service before apport.postinst tries to start it again.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

Notably, upstart is upgraded in the same run here.