package grub-legacy-ec2 0.5.10-0ubuntu1.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Hi,
  grub-legacy-ec2 is a very limited scope package. I'm not sure why you would have had it installed in this situation.
  I realize it shouldn't just fail, but It is not intended to support generally managing a /boot/grub/menu.lst.

  Is there a reason why you had it installed?

Hi Scott,
I was intending to have a dual boot with XP and was unable to have XP has default load and thought Grub 2 might solve the problem
Regards
Peter

> Scott Moser <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> grub-legacy-ec2 is a very limited scope package. I'm not sure why
> you would have had it installed in this situation.
> I realize it shouldn't just fail, but It is not intended to support
> generally managing a /boot/grub/menu.lst.
>
> Is there a reason why you had it installed?
>
> ** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798555
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> Title:
> package grub-legacy-ec2 0.5.10-0ubuntu1.5 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 1
>
> Status in “cloud-init” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: cloud-init
>
> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS- the Lucid Lynx. message was failed to load
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
> Package: grub-legacy-ec2 0.5.10-0ubuntu1.5
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13
> Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Jun 14 11:46:52 2011
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: cloud-init
> Title: package grub-legacy-ec2 0.5.10-0ubuntu1.5 failed to
> install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 1
>
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I believe a dual boot scenario and grub-legacy-ec2 is well outside the intended scope.
I'm closing this as "Wont fix" in as nice a way as possible. Generally grub-legacy-ec2 just shouldn't be installed except for a OS that might be running in EC2.