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Gordon (linux-web-expert) wrote : Re: [Bug 1833812] Re: package bind9 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade: installed bind9 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Thanks for getting back to me, but unfortunately no I don't know the prior
permissions, but I will say my syslog is much cleaner now, so I think this
was residual from upgrade if that helps

Cheers,
Gordon

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 7:21 AM Andreas Hasenack <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.
>
> Indeed the complaint was that bind couldn't write to /var/cache/bind. Do
> you happen to know what it was set to? That would help in debugging how
> it reached that state.
>
> The attached logs unfortunately do not have more information about that,
> only the failure after the permission was incorrect already. I'll mark
> this bug as incomplete for that reason, as we have no way to reproduce
> the issue.
>
> If you are able to get more information about this, or show a way to
> reproduce the problem, then please comment here and switch the bug
> status back to "new".
>
> ** Changed in: bind9 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1833812
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> Title:
> package bind9 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade:
> installed bind9 package post-installation script subprocess returned
> error exit status 1
>
> Status in bind9 package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Was doing a routine update and bind9 failed to installed, couldn't
> write the /var/cache/bind directory. This machine was Trusty, then
> Xenial, Bionic and now Cosmic. So could be related to a do-release-
> upgrade process as I've used bind for development and testing for a
> long time now.
>
> Here's my history, where it bombed and I ran update-grub, then change
> ownership and set file permissions, then tried to re-install the
> broken update, which seems to have worked, but the logs were still
> kept and submitted, thanks Launchpad :)
>
> 26194 2019-06-22 05:06:17 sudo apt-get update
> 26195 2019-06-22 05:07:05 sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> *** Here is breaks...
>
> Cannot write... /var/cache/bind
>
> and worse the initram-fs process failed, so I saved myself...
>
> 26196 2019-06-22 05:08:45 sudo update-grub
> 26197 2019-06-22 05:09:55 sudo chown root.bind /var/cache/bind
> 26198 2019-06-22 05:10:05 sudo chmod 775 /var/cache/bind
> 26199 2019-06-22 05:10:15 sudo service bind restart
> 26200 2019-06-22 05:10:21 sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> 26201 2019-06-22 05:10:45 sudo service bind9 restart
> 26202 2019-06-22 05:10:48 sudo service bind9 status
> 26203 2019-06-22 05:10:58 sudo service bind9 stop
> 26204 2019-06-22 05:11:22 sudo update-grub
> 26205 2019-06-22 05:11:27 sudo updatedb
> 26206 2019-06-22 05:19:45 sudo reboot
>
> * Here's where system rebooted and I'll filed this report. Keep us
> posted, thanks.
>
> Found my solution from a previous Launchpad bug, might be related:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/+bug/1086775
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
> Package: bind9 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-22.23-lowlatency 4.18.20
> Uname: Linux 4.18.0-22-lowlatency x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.3
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Jun 22 05:07:56 2019
> ErrorMessage: installed bind9 package post-installation script
> subprocess returned error exit status 1
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-19 (1249 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
> (20140416.3)
> Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.8, python3-minimal,
> 3.6.7-1~18.10
> PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.16, python-minimal,
> 2.7.15-3
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu5
> apt 1.7.5
> SourcePackage: bind9
> Title: package bind9 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.4 failed to install/upgrade:
> installed bind9 package post-installation script subprocess returned error
> exit status 1
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.apport: [deleted]
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