package samba-common 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Ajax4Hire]

Failed during upgrade.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: samba-common 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66~14.04.1-generic 4.4.21
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 26 15:43:51 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:samba-common:2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-21 (35 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20160803)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.15
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.samba.gdbcommands: [deleted]

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

From the Log I found:
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66, <GEN0> line 12.

But those should be unrelated. They are part of a very old issue that can't be 100% fixed in all cases but should not be fatal.

It might be useful if you can report the output of journalctl -xe after such a failed upgrade.
Maybe we can find some more what is going on in your case in there.

Since there isn't enough information in your report to differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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