nginx-common postinst execution fails when upgrading to or reinstalling 1.10.1 latest uploads

[Thomas Ward]

Basically the same issue as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1637058.

[Thomas Ward (teward)]

From the other bug:

The core problem is the handling of the version comparison and it not catching the 'failure' and returning a non-failure code as intended.

This results in dpkg dying off, and the observed issues. We're working on a fix.

[PlantDaddy (plantdaddy)]

Fix works, thanks for all your hard work!

xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx:~/nginxconfs$ sudo apt-get install nginx
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam libnginx-mod-http-echo libnginx-mod-http-geoip libnginx-mod-http-image-filter libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter
  libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter libnginx-mod-mail libnginx-mod-stream nginx-common nginx-full
Suggested packages:
  fcgiwrap nginx-doc
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  nginx-core
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam libnginx-mod-http-echo libnginx-mod-http-geoip libnginx-mod-http-image-filter libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter
  libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter libnginx-mod-mail libnginx-mod-stream nginx-full
The following packages will be upgraded:
  nginx nginx-common
2 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
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