package mount 2.17.2-9.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Richard Brown]

Binary package hint: util-linux

apt-get upgrade failed as the command dpkg-vendor couldn't be found.

Installing dpkg-dev manually fixed the problem.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: mount 2.17.2-9.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-3.30-generic 2.6.38-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-3-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 16 18:21:48 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Preparing to replace mount 2.17.2-3.3ubuntu4 (using .../mount_2.17.2-9.1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
 /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 49: dpkg-vendor: not found
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mount_2.17.2-9.1ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 127
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 127
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
SourcePackage: util-linux
Title: package mount 2.17.2-9.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

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 #719435, 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.

[Robert Roth (evfool)]

Sorry, this is a dupe of bug #719754.