Ubuntu
postfix package

package postfix None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #365500 reported by matttwine on 2009-04-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #349469: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	postfix (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: postfix

installArchives() failed

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: postfix None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.list]
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-9-generic x86_64

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matttwine (matttwine) wrote on 2009-04-23:

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2009-04-24:

Selecting previously deselected package postfix.
Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_2.5.5-1_amd64.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.5.5-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1