Hi and thanks a lot for your reply. Would this mean, that i could  
restart the machine without fearing to have it in an unbootable state?

Cheers

Tobias van der Plas

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Am 11.06.2009 um 21:01 schrieb Scott Howard:

> Thanks for your report and helping make Ubuntu better. From your  
> logs, I
> can see that the error occurs while upgrading the duplicity package.  
> The
> bug has been reassigned.
>
> from apt-term.log:
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ 
> duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> from main.log:
> 2009-05-08 20:06:09,899 ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: '/var/ 
> cache/apt/archives/duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb': 'subprocess pre- 
> installation script returned error exit status 1
> '
> 2009-05-08 20:06:09,900 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() duplicity:  
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> 2009-05-08 20:06:54,630 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit(): E:Sub- 
> process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 2009-05-08 20:06:54,631 WARNING cache.commit() raised a SystemError  
> but pkg_failures count is 0
> 2009-05-08 20:06:54,631 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() update- 
> manager: SystemError in cache.commit(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg  
> returned an error code (1)
> 2009-05-08 20:06:54,633 DEBUG can't find apport gui
> 2009-05-08 20:10:24,593 DEBUG no file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive'
> 2009-05-08 20:10:25,256 ERROR SystemError from cache.commit():  
> installArchives() failed
> 2009-05-08 20:10:25,257 DEBUG can't find apport gui
> 2009-05-08 20:10:25,398 DEBUG no file '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive'
>
> ** Package changed: update-manager (Ubuntu) => duplicity (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Changed in: duplicity (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Confirmed
>
> ** Description changed:
>
>  Binary package hint: update-manager
>
>  when running sudo do-release-upgrade on a 7.10, i get a:
>
>  Could not install the upgrades
>
>  The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
>  recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
>
>  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
>  include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.
>  installArchives() failed
>
>  in the end
> +
> +
> + from apt-term.log:
> + dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ 
> duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> +  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
> -- 
> Update 7.10 -> 8.04 fails -> Could not install the upgrades
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/373848
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “duplicity” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> when running sudo do-release-upgrade on a 7.10, i get a:
>
> Could not install the upgrades
>
> The upgrade aborts now. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
> recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).
>
> Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and
> include the files in /var/log/dist-upgrade/ in the bugreport.
> installArchives() failed
>
> in the end
>
>
> from apt-term.log:
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/ 
> duplicity_0.4.10-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1