[Bug 774878] Re: package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Robert Roth]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 746912 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746912

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** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 746912
   package man-db 2.5.9-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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

Status in “man-db” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: man-db

  I was trying to install texlive-latex-extras. But the first time it
  said that I did not have enough space in /var/cache/..., which was
  probably because I mounted /var on a somewhat small partition. I then
  decided to mount /var/cache on another partition (bigger) temporarily,
  not sure whether this might cause more problems that it would be
  worth. The package then install successfully up until the whole man-db
  thing, but then I unmounted that other partition from /var/cache, and
  redid 'sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extras' and this time it
  worked. I conject that the problem was caused by the fact that I
  remounted /var/cache on an empty partition, rather than where it might
  otherwise have been, but I am not honestly knowledgeable enough to
  confirm or refute that hypothesis.

  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
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun May  1 09:18:52 2011
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
  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: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)