package mythtv-status 1.0.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: installed mythtv-status package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Alfred Walcott]

Same results different version of software

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: mythtv-status 1.0.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-31.35-generic 5.4.34
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Wed May 20 20:08:00 2020
ErrorMessage: installed mythtv-status package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-18 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: mythtv-status
Title: package mythtv-status 1.0.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: installed mythtv-status package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andrew Ruthven (andrew-etc)]

Hmm... I'm interested in hearing opinions here on how better to handle this situation.

mythtv-status was unable to collect information from the mythtv-backend, so it was a legitimate failure.

Should I be asking for the hostname to check during installation?

Treat failure as acceptable? (Which might hide the issue)

Something else?

[Andrew Ruthven (andrew-etc)]

I pondered more on this issue this morning and decided to allow the service to fail to start on installation and remove. This is now fixed in 1.0.1-6.