package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)

[fleamour]

Binary package hint: man-db

I restored an older image of Xubuntu Lucid, as Maverick riddled with bugz. I ran Update Manager to patch to latest versions when got man-db error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: man-db 2.5.7-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 25 23:49:38 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.5.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thanks for your report.

Are you able to reproduce with one of the following command:
$ sudo /usr/bin/mandb -p /var/cache/man
or
$ perl -e '@pwd = getpwnam("man"); $( = $) = $pwd[3]; $< = $> = $pwd[2]; exec "/usr/bin/mandb", @ARGV' -- "-p"

Thanks in advance.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 592102, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.