Doing release upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: haproxy 1.4.24-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 27 15:36:08 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:haproxy:1.4.24-2:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-02 (633 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
SourcePackage: haproxy
Title: package haproxy 1.4.24-2 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-06-27 (0 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.default.haproxy:
# Set ENABLED to 1 if you want the init script to start haproxy.
ENABLED=1
# Add extra flags here.
#EXTRAOPTS="-de -m 16"
mtime.conffile..etc.default.haproxy: 2012-10-02T12:34:46.108888
mtime.conffile..etc.haproxy.haproxy.cfg: 2014-06-27T14:46:05.313880
I have resolved this for this install; this box had an actual user account called `haproxy`. I renamed this account to something else and attempted the update again. It was successful that time.