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system-tools-backends package

trying to install spamassasin, ubuntu said an app crashed on my desktop

Bug #312489 reported by dflynn on 2008-12-30

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #294389: package system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	system-tools-backends (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: system-tools-backends

While trying to install spamassasin with the add/remove application on ubuntu 8.10:

Errors while processing: system-tools-backends

Error message appeared saying that some parts could not be installed.
A notification bubble in the top right said an application had crashed on my desktop.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1
SourcePackage: system-tools-backends
Title: package system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

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dflynn (d-flynn-10) wrote on 2008-12-30:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (264.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2008-12-30:

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 294389, 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.