package samba-common 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.14 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Rahul kumar bhadani]

I just updated Ubuntu and it happened.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: samba-common 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-128.154~14.04.1-generic 4.4.131
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-128-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 14 20:12:00 2018
DuplicateSignature: package:samba-common:2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.14:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-10 (765 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
NmbdLog:

PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.8
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.18
SambaServerRegression: No
SmbConfIncluded: Yes
SmbLog:

SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.14 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
WindowsFailedConnect: Yes

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

This is what the logs show:
Setting up samba-common (2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.14) ...
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 67.
Use of uninitialized value $reply in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 68.
dpkg: error processing package samba-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

This looks like a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1679435

Were you applying updates via the GUI, or a terminal?

Please try this in a terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt -f install

[Rahul kumar bhadani (rahulbhadani)]

Yes, I was applying updates from GUI.
But irrespective of that, where I apply updates from command line or from GUI, it is a bug.
Me applying, updates from terminal doesn’t fix this bug :)

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

If it's the bug I linked, then you need to update to get the fix. And this
time it will have to be via terminals.

On Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 12:41 Rahul kumar bhadani <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Yes, I was applying updates from GUI.
> But irrespective of that, where I apply updates from command line or from
> GUI, it is a bug.
> Me applying, updates from terminal doesn’t fix this bug :)
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