[Bug 1406735] Re: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

[Martin Pitt]

Thanks for the further debug output. In your first response I don't
really understand the invoke-rc.d complaint about the symlink.

> dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: couldn't identify the package

Ah, I forgot about that. Try running it like that:

# env DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE=udev DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_NAME=postinst sh
-ex /var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst configure ; echo $?

So I don't understand why invoke-rc.d works fine when you call it
directly, but complains about the rcS.d/ link (which looks fine) when
being called through the postinst. So maybe above command will shed some
light on this. If it still doesn't, you can also try to modify
/var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst  to add an additional "set -x" as the
second line, and run

  sudo dpkg-reconfigure udev

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Title:
  package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  A few weeks ago I installed Ubuntu 10.10 server with the addition of
  the xubuntu-desktop packages.  Everything started out alright until i
  tried to install sendmail in place of postfix.  That installaton
  failed, reporting a similar error:

  "subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 102"

  From there, things went from bad to worse.  I was now unable to finish
  the install of sendmail nor could I remove it fully and reinstall
  postfix.  Spamassassin seemed to be one critical package that hept
  reporting errors.  As I tried to install or remove packages using
  synaptic, the system most of the time refused to act due to dascading
  errors and partially removed packages that could not be removed, even
  by force.

  Today I threw up my hands and did a complete fresh install of the
  system.  Everything went well for the basic packages until I ran
  software updater.  A few packages were scheduled to be updated,
  including udev and it has now faild in the exact same manner.

  Could someone look at this and provide a quick reply as to what can be
  done to rectify this situation.  I am afraid to install or remove any
  other software for fear of corrupting the system further and I
  currently do not have a usable system.

  Let me know if additional information is required.  Thanks.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: udev 208-8ubuntu8.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.38-generic 3.16.7-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CustomUdevRuleFiles: .70-persistent-net.rules
  Date: Wed Dec 31 01:40:11 2014
  DuplicateSignature: package:udev:208-8ubuntu8.1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-31 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2)
  MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z9PE-D8 WS
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-28-generic root=UUID=d7121d57-8cf9-42a5-b7c3-75f414ce3e09 ro nomdmonddf nomdmonisw
  SourcePackage: systemd
  Title: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2014
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 5503
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: Z9PE-D8 WS
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0x
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 17
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5503:bd05/06/2014:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnZ9PE-D8WS:pvr1.0x:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnZ9PE-D8WS:rvr1.0x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct17:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: Z9PE-D8 WS
  dmi.product.version: 1.0x
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

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