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package winbind 2:3.2.0-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

Bug #253910 reported by knarf on 2008-08-01

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	samba (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Dustin Kirkland 
	Intrepid	Fix Released	High	Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

Binary package hint: samba

Updating Intrepid today, got "package winbind 2:3.2.0-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2" message.

Cause is a missing double semicolon in the init script.

Attached patch fixes bug.

apt-cache policy winbind
winbind:
  Installed: 2:3.2.0-4ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2:3.2.0-4ubuntu2
  Version table:
*** 2:3.2.0-4ubuntu2 0
        400 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2:3.0.30-2ubuntu3 0
        400 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 1 12:02:30 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: winbind 2:3.2.0-4ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: samba
Title: package winbind 2:3.2.0-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.26-t23-200807141556 i686

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lp:ubuntu/lucid/samba

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knarf (launchpad-ubuntu-f) wrote on 2008-08-01:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (1.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)

Patch to /etc/init.d/winbind, add missing double semicolon Edit (328 bytes, text/plain)

Matt Zimmerman (mdz) on 2008-08-01

Changed in samba:
importance:	Undecided → High
status:	New → Triaged
assignee:	nobody → kirkland

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Marcin (marcinsud) wrote on 2008-08-01:

dpkg error log.txt Edit (392 bytes, text/plain)

on amd64 this bug also occur

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Niels Egberts (nielsegberts) wrote on 2008-08-01:

Confirm on amd64

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-08-01:

This bug was fixed in the package samba - 2:3.2.0-4ubuntu3

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samba (2:3.2.0-4ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low

* debian/winbind.init: Fixed error in init script. (LP: #253910)

-- Chuck Short <email address hidden> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:01:09 +0000

Changed in samba:
status:	Triaged → Fix Released

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Marcin (marcinsud) wrote on 2008-08-01:

on amd64 still this bug isn't fixed

Changed in samba:
status:	Fix Released → New
status:	New → Incomplete

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Marcin (marcinsud) wrote on 2008-08-01:

error log.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain)

on amd64 still don't work

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote on 2008-08-01:

The original bug is fixed. The problem now though, is when you upgrade, dpkg runs the old prerm script which tries to stop winbind. This procedure fails due to the syntax error in the old init script, which prevents the upgrade.

You can work around this by hand-editing /etc/init.d/winbind before you attempt the upgrade

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Mathias Gug (mathiaz) wrote on 2008-08-01:

As mentioned above, this bug is fixed.

Changed in samba:
status:	Incomplete → Fix Released

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George Prowse (torqueing) wrote on 2008-08-01:

moving or deleting /etc/init.d/winbind allows apt to update it normally. As long as you install the package maintainers version then you are ok

Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) on 2008-08-01

Changed in samba:
status:	Fix Released → Confirmed

Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) on 2008-08-01

Changed in samba:
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote on 2008-08-05:

#10

If you are still bitten by this problem, you can:
# sudo rm -f /etc/init.d/winbind
# sudo apt-get remove --purge winbind
# sudo apt-get install winbind

:-Dustin

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Marques Johansson (marques) wrote on 2008-08-07:

#11

Ricktick,

Another option is to download the latest winbind . This should show you the url from your shell:
apt-get --print-uris -y --reinstall install winbind | grep "^'" | sed -e "s/^'//" -e "s/\.deb.*/\.deb/"

Then "sudo dpkg -x DEBFILE /"
replacing DEBFILE with the name/location of the package you just downloaded..

Then you should be able to "apt-get -f install" , or "dpkg --configure -a", or whatever else was breaking due to winbind.