[SRU] package boinc-app-seti-graphics 8.00~svn3701-1 failed to install/upgrade: installed boinc-app-seti-graphics package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127

boinc-client is installed so its not obvious what went wrong.

I know what is the problem :)
patch ongoing!

Yep affects me too:
boinc-app-seti package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
Pretty serious impact to Apt. Hope for patch soon

Hello bgrattan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted boinc into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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@JimmyL @bgrattan can you please verify the fix in proposed?

cosmic is fine, no new reports in unstable/ubuntu devel,
and I can install now seti just fine on bionic

Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 libfftw3-single3 amd64 3.3.7-1 [764 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 boinc-app-seti amd64 8.00~svn3701-1 [152 kB]
Fetched 972 kB in 3s (336 kB/s)
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
Selecting previously unselected package libboinc-app7:amd64.
(Reading database ... 26981 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libboinc-app7_7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libboinc-app7:amd64 (7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libfftw3-single3:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../libfftw3-single3_3.3.7-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libfftw3-single3:amd64 (3.3.7-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package boinc-app-seti.
Preparing to unpack .../boinc-app-seti_8.00~svn3701-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking boinc-app-seti (8.00~svn3701-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libfftw3-single3:amd64 (3.3.7-1) ...
Setting up libboinc-app7:amd64 (7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu1) ...
Setting up boinc-app-seti (8.00~svn3701-1) ...
invoke-rc.d: could not determine current runlevel
invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of restart.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ...

Install works fine for me as well. (sorry, I'm the cause of this bug!)

I however only got SETI at home workunits to Error out on my machine. I don't know if I just did something else wrong though..

This bug was fixed in the package boinc - 7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu1

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boinc (7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Re-add update-boinc-applinks, switched to python3
    This is useful for boinc-app-seti and other reverse-deps (LP: #1767866)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Tue, 01 May 2018 23:07:30 +0200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for boinc has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.