Yes, its installed:
{pisa:~ 26} ls -l /usr/bin/chfn
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49584 Mar 29 04:25 /usr/bin/chfn
{pisa:~ 27} dpkg -L passwd | grep chfn
/etc/pam.d/chfn
/usr/bin/chfn
/usr/share/man/ko/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fr/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/tr/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/fi/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/da/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/zh_TW/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/zh_CN/man1/chfn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/de/man1/chfn.1.gz
A new attempt at installing postresql-common went through fine:
{pisa:~ 29} sudo apt-get install postgresql-common
[sudo] password for segre:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
postgresql-client-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
postgresql-client-common postgresql-common
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 182 kB of archives.
After this operation, 781 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64
postgresql-client-common all 173 [28.3 kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 postgresql-common
all 173 [153 kB]
Fetched 182 kB in 0s (798 kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-client-common.
(Reading database ... 261353 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-client-common_173_all.deb ...
Unpacking postgresql-client-common (173) ...
Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-common.
Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-common_173_all.deb ...
Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/pg_config to /usr/bin/pg_config.libpq-dev by
postgresql-common'
Unpacking postgresql-common (173) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu6) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Setting up postgresql-client-common (173) ...
Setting up postgresql-common (173) ...
Creating config file /etc/postgresql-common/createcluster.conf with new
version
Creating config file /etc/logrotate.d/postgresql-common with new version
Building PostgreSQL dictionaries from installed myspell/hunspell packages...
en_us
Removing obsolete dictionary files:
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu6) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Not sure why it failed before....
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1586392
Title:
package postgresql-common 173 failed to install/upgrade: could not
find chfn
Status in postgresql-common package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Relatively clean new trusty install of Xubuntu desktop.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: postgresql-common 173
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 26 17:04:59 2016
DuplicateSignature:
package:postgresql-common:173
Setting up postgresql-common (173) ...
adduser: Could not find program named `chfn' in $PATH.
dpkg: error processing package postgresql-common (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-11 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: postgresql-common
Title: package postgresql-common 173 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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