package rocksndiamonds 3.2.6.0+dfsg-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

i have i386 and have the same issue

Fixed in debian, sync requested (bug #357664).

Fix released in jaunty

using jaunty RC and still fails on i386

This is not yet fixed in either karmic (3.2.6.0+dfsg-6) nor lucid (3.2.6.1+dfsg1-5).

It is fixed upstream in Debian 3.2.6.1+dfsg1-6.

The problem is caused by a Bashism in /var/lib/dpkg/info/rocksndiamonds.postinst:

--- rocksndiamonds.postinst.orig 2010-01-27 07:13:13.000000000 -0800
+++ rocksndiamonds.postinst 2010-01-27 07:12:40.000000000 -0800
@@ -214,3 +214,3 @@ if ($ARGV[0] eq 'configure')
 {
- system 'which update-menus &>/dev/null';
+ system 'which update-menus >/dev/null 2>&1';
     if ($? == 0)
@@ -218,3 +218,3 @@ if ($ARGV[0] eq 'configure')
         print STDERR "Update menu\n";
- system 'update-menus &>/dev/null';
+ system 'update-menus >/dev/null 2>&1';
     }

"&>" doesn't work in /bin/sh which is now Dash.

This same issue causes:

1. `dpkg-reconfigure rocksndiamonds` exits with just "Update menus"

2. exits with a big error message about the configure script returning 128

3. appears to work but doesn't actually download level archives

-- all depending on which interface you start it from and what the current
state of the package is on your system.

Fix by pulling current Debian release.

See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558005

thanks

On 1/27/10, Bela Lubkin <email address hidden> wrote:
> See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558005
>
> --
> package rocksndiamonds 3.2.6.0+dfsg-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
> post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353144
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
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>
> Status in “rocksndiamonds” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: rocksndiamonds
>
> when trying to download extra sets
>
> ProblemType: Package
> Architecture: amd64
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status
> 2
> Package: rocksndiamonds 3.2.6.0+dfsg-3
> SourcePackage: rocksndiamonds
> Title: package rocksndiamonds 3.2.6.0+dfsg-3 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
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A retest with the actual stable version Ubuntu 12.04 Precise has shown that this bug is fixed there.

I close this ticket as fixed released.

Please upgrade your systems to the latest stable release, because Ubuntu 9.x has already reached End Of Live:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes