package rsyslog-pgsql 5.8.6-1ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Marnix A. van Ammers]

I don't know if this is a bug. It may not be. My Xubuntu system popped up a dialog that said it had detected one, so I went ahead and let it submit this report. I had been installing and removing rsyslog, rsyslog-pgsql, postgresql several times, trying to get rsyslog to log messages to the postgresql database.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04

From "dpkg -l '*syslog*' '*postgres*' ":
ii rsyslog 5.8.6-1ubuntu8 reliable system and kernel logging daemon
ii rsyslog-pgsql 5.8.6-1ubuntu8 PostgreSQL output plugin for rsyslog
ii postgresql 9.1+129ubuntu1 object-relational SQL database (supported version)
ii postgresql-9.1 9.1.8-0ubuntu12.04 object-relational SQL database, version 9.1 server
ii postgresql-client-9.1 9.1.8-0ubuntu12.04 front-end programs for PostgreSQL 9.1
ii postgresql-client-common 129ubuntu1 manager for multiple PostgreSQL client versions
ii postgresql-common 129ubuntu1 PostgreSQL database-cluster manager
ii postgresql-contrib 9.1+129ubuntu1 additional facilities for PostgreSQL (supported version)
ii postgresql-contrib-9.1 9.1.8-0ubuntu12.04 additional facilities for PostgreSQL

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: rsyslog-pgsql 5.8.6-1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-38.61-generic-pae 3.2.37
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-38-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 15 20:09:09 2013
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: rsyslog
Title: package rsyslog-pgsql 5.8.6-1ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Simon Déziel (sdeziel)]

This bug was reported against an Ubuntu version that's long been EOL. Please try to reproduce with a supported release and report a new bug if appropriate. Thanks.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for rsyslog (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]