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package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

Bug #911539 reported by JoFe on 2012-01-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #862129: samba postrm depends on packages not guaranteed to be configured. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	samba (Ubuntu)	New	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

I updated from 10.10 to 11.4, then directly to this version...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.53-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 4 00:34:50 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
NmbdLog:

SambaServerRegression: Yes
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:

SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-03 (0 days ago)
WindowsFailedConnect: Yes

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JoFe (johannes-feder) wrote on 2012-01-04:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SMBConf.txt Edit (12.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SambaInstalledVersions.txt Edit (375 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz Edit (1.1 MiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (9.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (130.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (35.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (878 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (22.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlogpartial.gz Edit (13.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeSystemstatetargz.gz Edit (923.3 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (109.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)

Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) on 2012-01-05

Changed in samba (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium

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Robie Basak (racb) wrote on 2012-01-05:

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 877852, 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.