[Bug 650572] Re: package grub-pc 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

[Brian Murray]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 442941 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442941

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 442941
   debconf failed to upgrade from 1.5.27ubuntu1 to 1.5.27ubuntu2: exit status 128 - Use of uninitialized value $reply in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 66

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Title:
  package grub-pc 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 128

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  I'm running Ubuntu 10.10, Been keeping up with the updates, And today
  the updates installed fine except grub-pc, it just got stuck there, i
  waited 3 hours, but it still didnt move, in the end i logged off and
  back on as i couldnt cancel the update.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: grub-pc 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Sep 28 20:12:31 2010
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Title: package grub-pc 1.98+20100804-5ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128

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