Martin: The previous invocation of /var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst configure seems to have cleared the problem so I didn't rerun this command. However, I was installing other packages and while installing evolution, ran into my old nemisis: spamassassin which failed in a similar manner, creating dependency problems dor sa-compile. So I tried your suggestion on that package and got this result:
# env DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE=spamassassin DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME=postinst sh -ex /var/lib/dpkg/info/spamassassin.postinst configure ; echo $? + set -e + [ configure = triggered ] + [ configure = configure ] + getent passwd debian-spamd + mkdir -p /var/lib/spamassassin + stat -c %U /var/lib/spamassassin + OWNER=debian-spamd + stat -c %G /var/lib/spamassassin + GROUP=debian-spamd + dpkg-statoverride --list /var/lib/spamassassin/sa-update-keys + [ debian-spamd:debian-spamd != debian-spamd:debian-spamd ] + test -d /var/lib/spamassassin/sa-update-keys + su - debian-spamd -c sa-update --gpghomedir /var/lib/spamassassin/sa-update-keys --import /usr/share/spamassassin/GPG.KEY + deb-systemd-helper debian-installed spamassassin.service + deb-systemd-helper unmask spamassassin.service + deb-systemd-helper --quiet was-enabled spamassassin.service + deb-systemd-helper update-state spamassassin.service + [ -x /etc/init.d/spamassassin ] + update-rc.d spamassassin defaults 19 21 + [ -x /etc/init.d/spamassassin ] + invoke-rc.d spamassassin start SpamAssassin Mail Filter Daemon: disabled, see /etc/default/spamassassin 0 OK, that looks promising. When I returned to synaptic and installed another unrelated package, it then proceded to configure both spamassassin and sa-compile! There must be a flag somewhere that doesn't get updated when the manual command is run, so the package manager still thinks it needs to be performed. In any event, I have apparently managed to get the udev and spamassassin packages into a stable state and new packages are installing as expected once again. Please let me know if you would like any additional information. And thank you greatly for your guick and very useful help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1406735 Title: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1406735/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
