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package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

Bug #902508 reported by Tom Wieczorek on 2011-12-10

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #862129: samba postrm depends on packages not guaranteed to be configured. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	samba (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Upgrading to ocelot brought up this bug report...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.52-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec 10 13:17:39 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
RelatedPackageVersions:
nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.1
gvfs 1.10.0-0ubuntu1
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-12-10 (0 days ago)

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Tom Wieczorek (twz123) wrote on 2011-12-10:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SambaInstalledVersions.txt Edit (375 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstatetargz.gz Edit (618.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (6.0 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (61.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeHistorylog.gz Edit (23.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt.gz Edit (535 bytes, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (16.3 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (62.1 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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Robie Basak (racb) wrote on 2011-12-12:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 862129, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.