package am-utils 6.2+rc20101201-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Peter Raupp]

Binary package hint: am-utils

would not install durring upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: am-utils 6.2+rc20101201-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 30 10:03:46 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: am-utils
Title: package am-utils 6.2+rc20101201-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-28 (1 days ago)

[Tim Cutts (timc)]

On 30 Apr 2011, at 15:08, Peter Raupp wrote:

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> Title:
> package am-utils 6.2+rc20101201-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
>
> Status in “am-utils” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: am-utils
>
> would not install durring upgrade

The problem here is that you have configured am-utils to use NIS, but you don't have a NIS client installed. This caused the init script to fail when it tried to use NIS to obtain the master map.

am-utils does not depend on NIS, because it's quite possible to use it without NIS, but if you answer yes to the debconf question about using NIS for the master map, you do have to have NIS installed and running before am-utils will start.

The solution is for you to either install the NIS client package first, or to change the am-utils debconf settings (using dpkg-reconfigure) not to use NIS.

I don't think this is actually a bug in the package.

Tim