[Bug 881291] Re: package man-db 2.6.0.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 255

[Colin Watson]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1372673 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1372673

Thanks for your report.  The basic problem here is that man-db's trigger
uses debconf to decide whether to update the manual page database, but
debconf is not always reliably usable in triggers.  I finally figured
out a simple way to avoid this problem, which I'm tracking as bug
1372673.  If you are still affected by this locally (which I realise is
unlikely in the case of some of the older bugs of this type), then
running "sudo dpkg --configure -a && sudo apt-get -f install" in a
terminal should normally be enough to get the package management system
back to a sensible state.

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1372673
   excessive debconf use when triggered

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Title:
  package man-db 2.6.0.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus
  script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie
  d'état 255

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

Bug description:
  I had this error at boot : Le Tableau de Bord a rencontré un problème lors du chargement de " ClockAppletFactory::ClockApplet"
  so i did : sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnome-panel 
  but this made the following error : 
  Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
   man-db
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: man-db 2.6.0.2-2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  AptOrdering:
   gnome-panel: Install
   gnome-panel: Configure
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue Oct 25 09:58:19 2011
  ErrorMessage: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 255
  SourcePackage: man-db
  Title: package man-db 2.6.0.2-2 failed to install/upgrade: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 255
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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