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package postfix (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #786780 reported by Doug Glenn on 2011-05-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #349469: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	debconf (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: postfix

I was trying to install procmail with postfix on an amd64 server in Ubuntu 10.04 and I got the following messages:

debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
Selecting previously deselected package procmail.
(Reading database ... 130743 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking procmail (from .../procmail_3.22-18ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up man-db (2.5.7-2ubuntu1) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up sasl2-bin (2.1.23.dfsg1-5ubuntu1) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing sasl2-bin (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up procmail (3.22-18ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
man-db
sasl2-bin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: postfix (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-31.61-server 2.6.32.32+drm33.14
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-31-server x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 22 20:33:51 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04.2 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20110211.1)
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Doug Glenn (doug-season4design) wrote on 2011-05-23:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (117 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (803 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (99.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (29.4 KiB, application/x-gzip)

Scott Kitterman (kitterman) on 2011-05-23

affects:

postfix (Ubuntu) → debconf (Ubuntu)

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-07-25:

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 349469, 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. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.