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update-inetd package

  1. Maverick (10.10)
  2. Bug #601732
  3. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 601732

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote : Re: package pawserv 2006.dfsg.2-14ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Terminated)

Thanks for your report.

I can reproduce it but only on the first installation of the package. The running processes at the time of the hang were:
root 13761 0.0 1.3 9832 6784 pts/5 Ss+ 11:14 0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 30 --configure cernlib-base libgfortran3 libkernlib1-gfortran libpacklib1-gfortran pawserv
root 13777 0.1 1.7 11980 8832 pts/5 S+ 11:14 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/pawserv.postinst configure
root 13784 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts/5 Z+ 11:14 0:00 [pawserv.postins] <defunct>

This could be a problem with debconf. killing the perl process and running the install again allow to install the package.
Purging and reinstalling the package doesn't reproduce the issue.