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package postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #798975 reported by Arthur Miller on 2011-06-17

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

This bug affects 1 person

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

Bug Description

Binary package hint: postfix

happend during installation of the following (via gnome-term using aptitude)... vim vim-doc vim-gtk vim-rails vim-scripts vim-syntax-gtk bluefish bluefish-plugins geany geany-plugin-addons geany-plugin-gdb geany-plugins geany-plugin-codenav geany-plugin-vc geany-plugin-doc python-django zend-framework zend-framework-bin zenity zenmap iptraf wireshark wireshark-doc aircrack-ng dhcp3-server dhcpdump apache2 libapache2-mod-apparmor libapache2-mod-auth-pam libapache2-mod-chroot libapache2-mod-fastcgi libapache2-mod-geoip libapache2-mod-gnutls libapache2-mod-log-sql libapache2-mod-log-sql-mysql libapache2-mod-mono libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-php5 libapache2-mod-ruby libapache2-mod-python libapache2-mod-wsgi libapache2-svn php5-curl php5-cli php5-cgi php5-ffmpeg php5-gd php5-geoip php5-ldap php5-mcrypt php5-memcached php5-memcache php5-ming php5-mysql php5-pgsql php5-sqlite php5-suhosin php5-svn php5-xmlrpc php-apc php-auth-http php-benchmark php-cache-lite php-crypt-cbc php-crypt-gpg php-date php-db php-file php-fpdf phpmyadmin php-geshi php-html-safe php-http-upload php-log php-mail-mime php-mail php-mdb2 php-mdb2-driver-mysql php-mdb2-driver-pgsql php-mime-type php-net-checkip php-net-ftp php-net-ipv4 php-net-ldap2 php-net-portscan php-net-url php-net-socket php-text-captcha php-xajax php-xml-htmlsax3 php-xml-rpc2 php-xml-parser php-xml-rss php-xml-serializer

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 16 16:08:13 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426)
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Arthur Miller (miller-af) wrote on 2011-06-17:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (50.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (605 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (73.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (33.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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James Page (james-page) wrote on 2011-06-23:

Error from log:

Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing /media/cdrom//pool/main/p/postfix/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

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James Page (james-page) wrote on 2011-06-23:

Hi Arthur

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Looking at the error message in #2 it would appear that another process had a lock on /var/cache/debconf/config.dat.

Most often, this is only a transient situation. Simply performing the update again should solve this
issue.

If it continues to happen fuser -v will return the locking process if any. Kill it and try performing the upgrade again.

If this resolves your issue please mark this bug as 'Invalid'

Thanks

Changed in postfix (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-08-17:

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 349469, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.