[Bug 311005] Re: package samba 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 102

[Jim Ancona]

That did it, although the purge failed:

jim at jim-d620:~$ sudo apt-get purge samba
[sudo] password for jim: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  samba*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 12.2MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
(Reading database ... 249798 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing samba ...
invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/K09samba
dpkg: error processing samba (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 102
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
jim at jim-d620:~$ sudo rm /etc/rc2.d/K09samba /etc/rc3.d/K09samba
jim at jim-d620:~$ sudo apt-get install samba
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
samba is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up samba (2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3) ...
 * Starting Samba daemons                                                [ OK ] 

No idea where the spurios files came from. Thanks for your help!

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package samba 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 102
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/311005
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