[Bug 1270503] [NEW] open-vm-tools install update-rc.d failure

cc 1270503 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sat Jan 18 23:40:52 UTC 2014


Public bug reported:

upgraded from 13.10 to test 14.04 using do-release-upgrade -d

upon upgrade, it seems that the upgrade for open-vm-tools failed with
the following message.

Setting up open-vm-tools (2:9.4.0-1280544-5) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
update-rc.d: error: expected NN after start
usage: update-rc.d [-n] [-f] <basename> remove
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> defaults [NN | SS KK]
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> start|stop NN runlvl [runlvl] [...] .
       update-rc.d [-n] <basename> disable|enable [S|2|3|4|5]
                -n: not really
                -f: force

The disable|enable API is not stable and might change in the future.
dpkg: error processing package open-vm-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-4-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 open-vm-tools
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

upon googling,

it looks like the installation script needs to be cleaned up so that
this installs cleanly.

it looks like the following is the line(s) that need to be fixed.

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/open-vm-
tools/trusty/view/head:/debian/rules#L66


see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=651031 for a report of a similar bug for a different package.


if this is not fixed, this could lead to issues with running 14.04 VMs
properly with VMware.

since this should be a pretty easy fix, i'm requesting that this be
fixed prior to 14.04 release especially given 14.04 is LTS. thanks.

** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: installation vmware

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