[Bug 698210] Re: package tomcat6 6.0.28-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Scott Moser]

I suspect that the user specified a 'tomcat6/javaopts' with a '/' in it.
This is fix-released in natty.

To backport, the change would be to debian/tomcat6.postinst:

-               | sed "s/^TOMCAT6_USER=.*$/TOMCAT6_USER=$TOMCAT6_USER/" \
-               | sed "s/^TOMCAT6_GROUP=.*$/TOMCAT6_GROUP=$TOMCAT6_GROUP/" \
-               | sed "s/^JAVA_OPTS=.*$/JAVA_OPTS=\"$JAVA_OPTS\"/" \
+               | sed "s%^TOMCAT6_USER=.*$%TOMCAT6_USER=$TOMCAT6_USER%" \
+               | sed "s%^TOMCAT6_GROUP=.*$%TOMCAT6_GROUP=$TOMCAT6_GROUP%" \
+               | sed "s%^JAVA_OPTS=.*$%JAVA_OPTS=\"$JAVA_OPTS\"%" \

That said, you'd just then have a problem if you had a '%' in the
JAVA_OPTS variable.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #597814
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597814

** Also affects: tomcat6 (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597814
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

** Changed in: tomcat6 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Changed in: tomcat6 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  package tomcat6 6.0.28-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1