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package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Broken pipe)

Bug #819390 reported by John Mallinson on 2011-08-01

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1372673: excessive debconf use when triggered. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	man-db (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Ubuntu 11.04, installing Chromium (12.0.742.112~r90304-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 (chromium-browser)) from Software Centre

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: man-db 2.5.9-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 1 12:05:13 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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John Mallinson (j-d-mallinson) wrote on 2011-08-01:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (261 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (765 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (443 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (52.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (872 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Sérgio Faria (sergio91pt) wrote on 2011-09-16:

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 617832, 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.