[Bug 1492597] Re: package shim-signed 1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: shim-signed (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  package shim-signed 1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script
  returned error exit status 1

Status in shim-signed package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  System Release:
  root at central:~# lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
  Release:	12.04

  shim-signed info:
  root at central:~# apt-cache policy shim-signed
  shim-signed:
    Installed: 1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2
    Candidate: 1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 0
          500 http://br.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  - What you expected to happen: system update should finish with success 
  - What happened instead: system update finished with an Error message (package shim-signed 1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1)

  Also, if I try to install this package manually, I reaceive the same
  message (see below):

  root at central:~# apt-get install shim-signed
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    linux-headers-3.8.0-34 linux-headers-3.8.0-29 libwpd-0.10-10 libwps-0.3-3
    linux-image-3.13.0-55-generic linux-headers-3.8.0-34-generic
    linux-headers-3.8.0-29-generic linux-headers-3.13.0-32
    linux-headers-3.13.0-35 linux-headers-3.13.0-55
    linux-headers-3.13.0-55-generic linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic
    libcmis-0.4-4 libwpg-0.3-3 linux-headers-3.13.0-35-generic librevenge-0.0-0
  Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    shim-signed
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B/408 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 1,326 kB of additional disk space will be used.
  Selecting previously unselected package shim-signed.
  (Reading database ... 913174 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking shim-signed (from .../shim-signed_1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
  Setting up shim-signed (1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2) ...
  install_device not specified.
  Usage: grub-install [OPTION] install_device
  Install GRUB on your drive.

    -h, --help              print this message and exit
    -v, --version           print the version information and exit
    --modules=MODULES       pre-load specified modules MODULES
    --boot-directory=DIR    install GRUB images under the directory DIR/grub
                            instead of the /boot/grub directory
    --grub-setup=FILE       use FILE as grub-setup
    --grub-mkimage=FILE     use FILE as grub-mkimage
    --grub-mkrelpath=FILE   use FILE as grub-mkrelpath
    --grub-mkdevicemap=FILE use FILE as grub-mkdevicemap
    --grub-probe=FILE       use FILE as grub-probe
    --no-floppy             do not probe any floppy drive
    --allow-floppy          Make the drive also bootable as floppy 
                            (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
    --recheck               probe a device map even if it already exists
    --force                 install even if problems are detected
    --disk-module=MODULE    disk module to use

  INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

  grub-install copies GRUB images into /boot/grub, and uses grub-setup
  to install grub into the boot sector.

  Report bugs to <bug-grub at gnu.org>.
  dpkg: error processing shim-signed (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   shim-signed
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  THANKS

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: shim-signed 1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-62.102~precise1-generic 3.13.11-ckt24
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-62-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9
  AptOrdering:
   shim-signed: Install
   shim-signed: Configure
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Sep  5 11:54:19 2015
  DuplicateSignature: package:shim-signed:1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: shim-signed
  Title: package shim-signed 1.9~12.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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