package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10

[th1bill]

Binary package hint: samba

I recently did a configuration change and upgraded to a 320gig HDD requiring that I do a fresh install. On the same system with the 80gig HDD everything worked as expected but since the fresh install the samba and the grub-pc will not configure.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 14 23:35:00 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 nautilus 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1.1
 gvfs 1.6.1-0ubuntu1build1
SambaClientRegression: Yes
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package samba-common 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10

[Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog)]

The log shows that many files are missing in /var/lib/dpkg/info/ and the two packages that fail use ucf. I would not be surprised to learn that more stuff is missing from /var. Thus I suspect this is a failure of ucf when some of his files are unexpectedly missing.

Reassigning to ucf for further investigation. At least ucf could generate a proper error message instead of only exiting with an error code.