libpam-runtime fails to install (debconf DbDriver error)
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grub (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: libpam-runtime
Updating using update-manager fails due to the package libpam-runtime (1.0.1-3ubuntu3). The following error details are provided by update-manager:
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/
Setting up libpam-runtime (1.0.1-3ubuntu3) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/
dpkg: error processing libpam-runtime (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
libpam-runtime
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[...]
I'm running an otherwise up-to-date Ubuntu Intrepid and have received this error twice in different updates over the last 24 hours. The problem appears to be with /usr/sbin/
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
$ sudo fuser /var/cache/
/var/cache/
$ ps aux | grep 4503
root 4503 0.0 0.8 10816 9088 ? S 08:39 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/
$ sudo kill 4503
After killing the process (4503 in this case) and running update-manager again, the upgrade can be completed successfully.
Same issue today with libpam-runtime 1.0.1-3ubuntu4.