Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/31681
Comment:
It failed for me on i386 too. I also don't use grub.
Here's some relevant shell history. Note that "sudo mkdir /boot/grub"
is enough to fix the problem, although the fix should probably be not to
try to install the alternative if grub isn't installed.
(dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back
mousepad xfce4-mcs-manager xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-panel xfce4-session
xfce4-utils xfprint4 xfwm4
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up ubuntu-artwork (0.2.28-1) ...
update-alternatives: unable to make /boot/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz.dpkg-tmp a
symlink to /etc/alternatives/grub-artwork: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-artwork (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
ubuntu-artwork
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
(dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo update-alternatives --install
/boot/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz grub-artwork
/usr/share/pixmaps/grub/ubuntu-artwork.xpm.gz 40
update-alternatives: unable to make /boot/grub/default-splash.xpm.gz.dpkg-tmp a
symlink to /etc/alternatives/grub-artwork: No such file or directory
(dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy grub
grub:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 0.97-1ubuntu4
Version table:
0.97-1ubuntu4 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
(dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /sbin/update-grub
ls: /sbin/update-grub: No such file or directory
(dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /boot/grub
ls: /boot/grub: No such file or directory
(dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mkdir /boot/grub
(dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back
mousepad xfce4-mcs-manager xfce4-mcs-plugins xfce4-panel xfce4-session
xfce4-utils xfprint4 xfwm4
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Setting up ubuntu-artwork (0.2.28-1) ...
(dapper) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
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