package pdnsd 1.2.8-par-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Vibhav Pant]

I installed pdnsd using apt , And suddenly apport popped up ; The output is posted below :

vibhav@p5kpl-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install pdnsd
[sudo] password for vibhav:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  resolvconf
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gnome-ppp
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  pdnsd resolvconf
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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Get:1 http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/pub/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe pdnsd i386 1.2.8-par-2 [259 kB]
Get:2 http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/pub/ubuntu/ oneiric/universe resolvconf all 1.48ubuntu1 [46.0 kB]
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Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 254078 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing gnome-ppp ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Selecting previously deselected package pdnsd.
(Reading database ... 254044 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking pdnsd (from .../pdnsd_1.2.8-par-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package resolvconf.
Unpacking resolvconf (from .../resolvconf_1.48ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Setting up pdnsd (1.2.8-par-2) ...
 * Starting pdnsd [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript pdnsd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing pdnsd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up resolvconf (1.48ubuntu1) ...
mkdir: created directory `/etc/resolvconf/run'
mkdir: created directory `/etc/resolvconf/run/interface'
update-rc.d: warning: resolvconf stop runlevel arguments (none) do not match LSB Default-Stop values (0 6)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pdnsd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: pdnsd 1.2.8-par-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
AptOrdering:
 gnome-ppp: Remove
 pdnsd: Install
 resolvconf: Install
 pdnsd: Configure
 resolvconf: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 20 20:18:40 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: pdnsd
Title: package pdnsd 1.2.8-par-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
mtime.conffile..etc.default.pdnsd: 2011-11-20T20:18:39.909621

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thanks for the report. Do you have another dns server running? Can you attach /var/log/syslog to this report?

[Vibhav Pant (vibhavp)]

No, I dont have any other dns server running here.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thanks, if you manually start pdnsd, do you get any error in /var/log/syslog? For now this seems like a one-time hickup, especially since there are no mass-dupes neither here or in Debian.