When installing openssh-server via Synaptic Package Manager, the installer returned an error. Unfortunately, I cannot detail the situation, since that happened yesterday. I could not report the bug at that exact time, because the bug reporting system asked me to verify my e-mail address and my e-mail password is stored in a truecrypt container, so I had to install truecrypt first and then I forgot about it, but, in any case, a second attempt at installing the package was successful.
Perhaps the administrators and contributors to the Ubuntu bug reporting engine should think about a truly automatic error reporting solution, without user accounts, email checking and so on. Just a window asking for some additional details from the user and, afterwards, automatic submitting of that data.
ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 30 19:05:56 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: openssh-server 1:5.1p1-6ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: openssh
Title: package openssh-server 1:5.1p1-6ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
Thanks for your report.
The relevant error is
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Unpacking openssh-server (from .../openssh-
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/
subprocess new pre-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)
reaffecting to openssh.
Is it still an issue ?