package secvpn 2.21+nmu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #361557 reported by sam-c
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #327482: access to non-existent /etc/inittab. Edit Remove
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: secvpn

I was installing secvpn and other packages on kubuntu 8.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: secvpn 2.21+nmu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: secvpn
Title: package secvpn 2.21+nmu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

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sam-c (cohensam) wrote :
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Ingo Breßler (ibressler) wrote :

I can confirm this on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 for x86_64 and secvpn 2.21.

To solve the installation issue, a quick and dirty workaround would be:

$ sudo touch /etc/inittab

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