package haveged 0.9-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Lloyd Miller]

Just tried to do:
 sudo apt-get install haveged

and failed with :

invoke-rc.d: initscript haveged, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing haveged (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 haveged
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: haveged 0.9-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AptOrdering:
 haveged: Install
 haveged: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul 24 12:39:53 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
SourcePackage: haveged
Title: package haveged 0.9-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Lloyd Miller (millerlf)]

After the install seemed to fail, I find the deamon IS running after all. The install is erroneously detecting a fail where there is not one!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

This should be fixed by the 0.9-1ubuntu1 upload to Lucid updates.