package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #764089 reported by Nightwing
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: man-db

Was trying to install samba via apt-get and durring the configuring portition a couple of apps crashed, this included.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: man-db 2.5.9-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 samba: Install
 samba: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Apr 17 16:48:55 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking samba (from .../samba_2%3a3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
 Processing triggers for man-db ...
 debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
 dpkg: error processing man-db (--unpack):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-17 (0 days ago)

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Nightwing (deadmatrix) wrote :
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #746912, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.
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