[Bug 952340] Re: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

@Clint: $ dpkg -l nis Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescription

[Bug 952340] Re: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

@Clint: $ dpkg -l nis Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name VersionDescription

[Bug 952340] [NEW] autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Public bug reported: $ sudo apt-get install autofs5 ... Setting up autofs5 (5.0.6-0ubuntu4) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript autofs, action start failed. dpkg: error processing autofs5 (--configure): subprocess installed Errors were encountered while processing: autofs5 E:

[Bug 952340] Re: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

@Clint Byrum: $ grep autofs /var/log/syslog | tail Mar 11 16:27:44 molveno kernel: [64449.010472] init: wait-for-state (autofs5ypbind) main process (19697) terminated with status 100 Mar 11 16:27:44 molveno kernel: [64449.020729] init: autofs pre-start process (19694) terminated with status 1

[Bug 952340] Re: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I have just realised that despite all the error messages, the autofs system works and mounts the NFS filesystem just fine: $ ps -A | grep auto 9804 ?00:00:00 automount $ mount | grep nfs lirs10:/a/home/lirs10b/fedorov on /usr/users/fedorov type nfs (rw,addr=10.12.1.78) nevertheless:

[Bug 952340] Re: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Ok, I can reproduce the bug any time now: $ sudo apt-get install autofs5 ... Setting up autofs5 (5.0.6-0ubuntu4) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript autofs, action start failed. dpkg: error processing autofs5 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script

[Bug 952340] [NEW] autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Public bug reported: $ sudo apt-get install autofs5 ... Setting up autofs5 (5.0.6-0ubuntu4) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript autofs, action start failed. dpkg: error processing autofs5 (--configure): subprocess installed Errors were encountered while processing: autofs5 E:

[Bug 952340] Re: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

@Clint Byrum: $ grep autofs /var/log/syslog | tail Mar 11 16:27:44 molveno kernel: [64449.010472] init: wait-for-state (autofs5ypbind) main process (19697) terminated with status 100 Mar 11 16:27:44 molveno kernel: [64449.020729] init: autofs pre-start process (19694) terminated with status 1

[Bug 952340] Re: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I have just realised that despite all the error messages, the autofs system works and mounts the NFS filesystem just fine: $ ps -A | grep auto 9804 ?00:00:00 automount $ mount | grep nfs lirs10:/a/home/lirs10b/fedorov on /usr/users/fedorov type nfs (rw,addr=10.12.1.78) nevertheless:

[Bug 952340] Re: autofs5 fails to install: post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Ok, I can reproduce the bug any time now: $ sudo apt-get install autofs5 ... Setting up autofs5 (5.0.6-0ubuntu4) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript autofs, action start failed. dpkg: error processing autofs5 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script