I object that this is a duplicate of #490843 Confusing debconf question:
here two people report that they'd hit Ctrl-C after a perceived freeze
of the upgrade/installation.
My lucid-alpha1 installation is sitting at libsnmp-base for 30 minutes now,
and only a ps on a second console showed that
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 490843 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490843
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 490843
Confusing debconf question on dist-upgrade
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package libsnmp-base 5.4.2.1~dfsg-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess installed
I also had the same problem on lucid amd64 and had to ctrl+c it too.
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package libsnmp-base 5.4.2.1~dfsg-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490683
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** Attachment added: AptOrdering.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36282574/AptOrdering.txt
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36282575/Dependencies.txt
** Attachment added: Dmesg.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36282576/Dmesg.txt
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addenum: libsnmp-base 5.4.2.1~dfsg-3ubuntu2 bug
resides on my 3rd harddrive: (I'm running too many OSs)
on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx - Alpha i386 (20091120)
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package libsnmp-base 5.4.2.1~dfsg-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal