[Bug 387728] [NEW] package nut 2.4.1-2ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Arnaud Quette]

hey there,

just to clarify the situation here... a bit

2009/6/16 Coljep

> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: nut
>
> I have been trying to install the MGE UPS-psp package. It worked with a
> previous Ubuntu installation, 8.04 but would not install in my new computer
> with 9.04 64bit and then on dual boot 64/32 bit. Each time complaining about
> some problem with nut or no user "nut". I completely re installed 9.04 32
> bit. Again I could not install. It seems MGE has been taken over again and
> is now Eaton so I decided to leave it.


not our (my) fault here ;-)
about the MGE UPS -> MGE Office Protection Systems -> Eaton transition, it's
been a hard time.
but the important point is that the NUT sponsor has gone from a 3000 peoples
group to a 75000 peoples group, giving me more resources than ever...

now for the future of the PSP, a rewrite is planned during the summer, using
the new python stuffs that I have introduced in NUT 2.4.1, but that are
still unpackaged (hard to be on that many fronts!!)

Now when I try to install any software I get an error stating nut would not
> install or upgrade.
> I intend to re install nut using synaptic.
> The mge package for Ubuntu was tried to be installed using the instructions
> on their website from the terminal because it did not show up in synaptic.
>

the issue here was that:
- the ubuntu package has taken over the Eaton one (higher release),
- the /var/run/nut dir creation has been removed from the Ubuntu package
(nut.dirs file), and only handled by the init script for runtime. and its
existance was necessary for the package postinst

@Chuck: I have some more stuffs underway for Sid that you'll want to sync
once uploaded.
we'll have to have a quick chat so that I can give you a bit of
visibility...

cheers,
Arnaud
-- 
Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://www.eaton.com/mgeops
Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/
Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org
Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/

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package nut 2.4.1-2ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
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