When upgrading procps from 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6 to 1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.2, the upgrade fails with the errors similar to the ones reported above:
timur@test:~$ sudo apt-get install procps=1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done procps is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-3.2.0-51 linux-image-3.2.0-51-virtual linux-headers-3.2.0-51-virtual Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Setting up procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.2) ... start: Job failed to start invoke-rc.d: initscript procps, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing procps (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: procps E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Looking at the upstart logs from procps, the error is: error: "Invalid argument" setting key "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl" The actual entry in /etc/sysctl.d is: net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl = 10<EOF> If I place a newline before the <EOF> in the file, the script parses it correctly. If other reported cases are similar, then I'm guessing the bug is not in this package. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241376 Title: procps (1:3.2.8-11ubuntu6.1) upgrade error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1241376/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
