package libpam-modules 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: il pacchetto libpam-modules è già installato e configurato

[Matteo Piacentini]

I don't know what else to say

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: libpam-modules 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-30.54-generic 2.6.35.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-30-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jun 28 14:46:46 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: il pacchetto libpam-modules è già installato e configurato
InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: pam
Title: package libpam-modules 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: il pacchetto libpam-modules è già installato e configurato
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-28 (0 days ago)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The error in the log file is:

Preparativi per sostituire libpam-modules v.1.1.1-4ubuntu2.3 (utilizzando .../libpam-modules_1.1.2-2ubuntu8.3_i386.deb)...
dpkg: errore nell'elaborare /var/cache/apt/archives/libpam-modules_1.1.2-2ubuntu8.3_i386.deb (--unpack):
 il sottoprocesso nuovo script pre-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 1
Segnalazione apport non scritta poiché è stato raggiunto il valore massimo di MaxReports
        Si sono verificati degli errori nell'elaborazione:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libpam-modules_1.1.2-2ubuntu8.3_i386.deb
dpkg: errore nell'elaborare libpam-modules (--configure):
 il pacchetto libpam-modules è già installato e configurato

When the preinst fails as part of the upgrade, my understanding is that there's no reason to run --configure again on the package because it will not have been deconfigured yet. Reassigning this bug to update-manager, to avoid calling dpkg --configure and triggering this error.

(I don't think there's any bug here in libpam-modules itself. The preinst script itself is quite short, and should only have failed due to an issue with the availability of debconf, or with someone manually killing the debconf frontend.)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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 541595, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.