package munge 0.5.14-6 failed to install/upgrade: installed munge package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 6

[pvh]

This happened because the munge upgrade script expects an entry in /etc/passwd. Our munge user is provided via LDAP using FreeIPA so there is no such entry. To make the upgrade work I had to manually add to /etc/passwd, do upgrade and then delete the entry afterwards.

This error occurred during the Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04.1 upgrade process. New version of munge is 0.5.14-6, not sure what old version was.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: munge 0.5.14-6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-131.147-generic 5.4.210
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-131-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Sat Oct 29 10:16:52 2022
DuplicateSignature:
 package:munge:0.5.14-6
 Installing new version of config file /etc/logrotate.d/munge ...
 usermod: user 'munge' does not exist in /etc/passwd
 dpkg: error processing package munge (--configure):
  installed munge package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 6
Ec2AMI: ami-00000002
Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME
Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova
Ec2InstanceType: m1.xlarge
Ec2Kernel: unavailable
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
ErrorMessage: installed munge package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 6
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
 apt 2.4.8
SourcePackage: munge
Title: package munge 0.5.14-6 failed to install/upgrade: installed munge package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 6
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-10-29 (0 days ago)