I replied to your original suggestion by mail, probably the wrong protocol. after adding set -x
> etting up mythtv-common (0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1) ... > + case "$1" in > + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule > ++ '[' '!' '' ']' > ++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 > ++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY > ++ '[' '' ']' > ++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/mythtv-common.postinst > configure 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1 > + case "$1" in > + . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule > ++ '[' '!' 1 ']' > ++ '[' -z '' ']' > ++ exec > ++ '[' '' ']' > ++ exec > ++ DEBCONF_REDIR=1 > ++ export DEBCONF_REDIR > + '[' -n 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1 ']' > + dpkg --compare-versions 0.21.0+fixes18722-0ubuntu1 lt 0.7-4 > + adduser --quiet --system --group --disabled-password --system --shell > /bin/sh mythtv > dpkg: error processing mythtv-common (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > mythtv-common > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > adduser needs to be run with sudo, but apart from that ... It doesn't tell me anything. Any ideas ? I have hacked things by eding the status file to pretend mythtv-common is configured, then everything works but that obviousness not the real way to do it. Thanks for the help. -- MYTHTV-COMMON 18722 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/295592 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
