package nfs-common 1:1.2.5-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Philip Muškovac]

happened during upgrade from oneiric to precise:

$ ls -lha /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/
total 36K
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4.0K Apr 15 2011 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 statd root 4.0K Apr 3 23:42 ..
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 15 2011 cache
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 15 2011 lockd
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 15 2011 mount
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 15 2011 nfs
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 11 18:38 nfsd4_cb
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 15 2011 portmap
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Apr 15 2011 statd

all of those directories are empty

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nfs-common 1:1.2.5-3ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 3 23:46:13 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: nfs-utils
Title: package nfs-common 1:1.2.5-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Hi Philip,

If you haven't yet rebooted after this upgrade, could you please show the output of 'fuser -vm /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs'?