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package rsyslog 4.2.0-2ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #727210 reported by johnhamelink on 2011-03-01

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

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	debconf (Ubuntu)	New	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: rsyslog

regular update, hung at installing configuration file for mysql, so xkilled the update manager, then this bug happened.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: rsyslog 4.2.0-2ubuntu8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-29.58-generic 2.6.32.28+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-29-generic i686
AptOrdering:
mysql-server-5.1: Configure
rsyslog: Configure
gdm: Configure
mysql-server: Configure
samba: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Mar 1 14:58:46 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: rsyslog
Title: package rsyslog 4.2.0-2ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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johnhamelink (johnhamelink) wrote on 2011-03-01:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (866 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (534 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (71.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (52.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote on 2011-03-01:

#2

Have you tried to run in a terminal "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and then complete your update?

Changed in rsyslog (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

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johnhamelink (johnhamelink) wrote on 2011-03-01:

#3

Yes, I fixed it by doing that straight away - no big deal. I only submitted the report because there were none others like it.

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Kenyon Ralph (kralph) wrote on 2011-04-16:

#4

The dpkg terminal log indicates that this was actually a problem with the installation of mysql-server-5.1.

affects:

rsyslog (Ubuntu) → mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu)

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote on 2011-04-16:

#5

I believe this is actually a debconf bug.

affects:

mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu) → debconf (Ubuntu)

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-07-26:

#6

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.

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