[Bug 776823] 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 doing an apt-get upgrade and while it was installing the
  packages, I got this bug report popup.

  The following packages have been kept back:
    libsyncdaemon-1.0-1 python-ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client-gnome
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    apt apt-transport-https apt-utils bamfdaemon evince evince-common file-roller firefox firefox-globalmenu firefox-gnome-support gir1.2-panelapplet-3.0 gnome-panel gnome-panel-bonobo gnome-panel-data
    gnome-session gnome-session-bin gnome-session-common gnome-user-guide gwibber gwibber-service gwibber-service-facebook gwibber-service-identica gwibber-service-twitter language-pack-gnome-zh-hans libbamf0
    libevdocument3 libevview3 liblircclient0 libnux-0.9-0 libnux-0.9-common liboverlay-scrollbar-0.1-0 libpanel-applet-3-0 libpanel-applet2-0 libperl5.10 libpoppler-glib6 libpoppler13 libsmbclient
    libwbclient0 nux-tools overlay-scrollbar perl perl-base perl-modules poppler-utils python-ubuntuone-storageprotocol samba-common samba-common-bin smbclient tzdata unity unity-common usb-creator-common
    usb-creator-gtk vino xserver-xorg-video-intel
  55 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
  ...
  Fetched 60.1 MB in 1min 55s (521 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                                         
  debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
  (Reading database ... 134326 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace perl-modules 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 (using .../perl-modules_5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1_all.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement perl-modules ...
  Preparing to replace perl 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 (using .../perl_5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement perl ...
  Preparing to replace libperl5.10 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 (using .../libperl5.10_5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement libperl5.10 ...
  Preparing to replace perl-base 5.10.1-17ubuntu4 (using .../perl-base_5.10.1-17ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ...
  Unpacking replacement perl-base ...
  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
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   man-db
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  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 x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed May  4 01:07:37 2011
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  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)