package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[XanderCDN]

Binary package hint: man-db

I was doing an apt-get upgrade and while it was installing the packages, I got this bug report popup.

The following packages have been kept back:
  libsyncdaemon-1.0-1 python-ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client-gnome
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt apt-transport-https apt-utils bamfdaemon evince evince-common file-roller firefox firefox-globalmenu firefox-gnome-support gir1.2-panelapplet-3.0 gnome-panel gnome-panel-bonobo gnome-panel-data
  gnome-session gnome-session-bin gnome-session-common gnome-user-guide gwibber gwibber-service gwibber-service-facebook gwibber-service-identica gwibber-service-twitter language-pack-gnome-zh-hans libbamf0
  libevdocument3 libevview3 liblircclient0 libnux-0.9-0 libnux-0.9-common liboverlay-scrollbar-0.1-0 libpanel-applet-3-0 libpanel-applet2-0 libperl5.10 libpoppler-glib6 libpoppler13 libsmbclient
  libwbclient0 nux-tools overlay-scrollbar perl perl-base perl-modules poppler-utils python-ubuntuone-storageprotocol samba-common samba-common-bin smbclient tzdata unity unity-common usb-creator-common
  usb-creator-gtk vino xserver-xorg-video-intel
55 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
...
Fetched 60.1 MB in 1min 55s (521 kB/s)
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
(Reading database ... 134326 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace perl-modules 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 (using .../perl-modules_5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement perl-modules ...
Preparing to replace perl 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 (using .../perl_5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement perl ...
Preparing to replace libperl5.10 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 (using .../libperl5.10_5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libperl5.10 ...
Preparing to replace perl-base 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 (using .../perl-base_5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement perl-base ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing man-db (--unpack):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 man-db
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: man-db 2.5.9-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 4 01:07:37 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

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 #746912, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.
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