firefox-3.5-gnome-support failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[awadhesh v]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.5

firefox-3.5 failed to update/install..

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: firefox-3.5-gnome-support 3.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Title: package firefox-3.5-gnome-support 3.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686

Error appears to be:
touch: cannot touch `/usr/lib/firefox-3.5*/.autoreg': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing firefox-3.5-gnome-support (--configure):

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for reporting this to Ubuntu. We have enough information for someone to start working on this issue. If we need anything else, we will let you know.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

bzr commit -m '* fix LP: #398121 - firefox-3.5-gnome-support failed to install/upgrade; we
  make the postinst script more failsafe
  - update debian/firefox-3.5-gnome-support.postinst.in' --fixes 'lp:398121'
Committing to: bzr+ssh://<email address hidden>/~mozillateam/firefox/firefox-3.1.head/
modified debian/changelog
modified debian/firefox-3.5-gnome-support.postinst.in
Committed revision 435.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

also fixed for 3.6 and 3.0.
 ---
bzr commit -m '* fix LP: #398121 - firefox-3.5-gnome-support failed to install/upgrade; we
  make the postinst script more failsafe
  - update debian/firefox-3.6-gnome-support.postinst.in' --fixes 'lp:398121'
Committing to: bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/firefox/firefox-3.2.head/
modified debian/changelog
modified debian/firefox-3.6-gnome-support.postinst.in
Committed revision 430.
 ---
bzr commit -m '* fix LP: #398121 - firefox-3.5-gnome-support failed to install/upgrade; we
  make the postinst script more failsafe
  - update debian/firefox-3.0-gnome-support.postinst.in' --fixes 'lp:398121'
Committing to: bzr+ssh://<email address hidden>/~mozillateam/firefox/firefox-3.0.head/
modified debian/changelog
modified debian/firefox-3.0-gnome-support.postinst.in
Committed revision 406.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package firefox-3.5 - 3.5.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1

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firefox-3.5 (3.5.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * security/stability update v3.5.1 build1 (FIREFOX_3_5_1_BUILD1)
  * fix LP: #396460 - Firefox 3.5 'final' version is in repos but tooltip
    in menu says 'beta'; we update the shiretoko desktop file to not
    say "beta" anymore
    - update debian/firefox-3.5-shiretoko.desktop
  * fix LP: #398121 - firefox-3.5-gnome-support failed to install/upgrade; we
    make the postinst script more failsafe
    - update debian/firefox-3.5-gnome-support.postinst.in

 -- Alexander Sack <email address hidden> Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:27:57 +0200