This bug was fixed in the package policykit - 0.9-1ubuntu3
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policykit (0.9-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
[ James Westby ]
* Don't chown /var/run/PolicyKit in the postinst, as /var/run is on a tmpfs,
and it should be the job of the init script to do this. (LP: #275355)
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I'm not sure how this error condition would ever be hit, since I see
that policykit ships the /var/run/PolicyKit directory within the
package.
But that in itself is a bug, so I'm sponsoring this fix with the one
added change to drop /var/run/PolicyKit from the package. Amended
changelog:
policyk
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Hi,
Here is a proposed patch which should fix this, based on the resolution to
bug 193533.
Thanks,
James
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The postinst script will fail if it is executed before Policykit was
ever started, because /var/run/PolicyKit won't exist yet, as /var/run is
on a tmpfs (I think, anyway. I've only had a chance to have a quick look
at it because I'm at work at the minute).
I'm confused why the postinst script need
** Changed in: policykit (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
Status: New => Confirmed
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See bug 193533 for apparently the same problem.
Thanks,
James
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Setting up policykit (0.9-1ubuntu2) ...
chown: cannot access `/var/run/PolicyKit': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing policykit (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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