[Bug 426239] [NEW] grub-pc hangs while package is configured

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Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: grub-pc

1)
# lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release:        9.10

2)
# apt-cache policy grub-pc
grub-pc:
  Installed: 1.97~beta2-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.97~beta2-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.97~beta2-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3)
I expected the update to run without any problems.

4)
Updates downloads and hangs upon configuring grub-pc

# dpkg --configure -a
Processing triggers for menu ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
WARNING: WARNING: /usr/share/pyshared/lsb_release.py is linked but does not belong to any package.
Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta2-2ubuntu1) ...
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.

(hd0)   /dev/sda
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-9-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-8-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-8-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
^C (abort by me using CTRL+C)
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Setting up libmagickcore2 (7:6.5.1.0-1.1ubuntu3) ...

Setting up libmagickwand2 (7:6.5.1.0-1.1ubuntu3) ...

Setting up rss-glx (0.9.0-2ubuntu3) ...
Setting up obex-data-server (0.4.4-2build1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-pc


FS is either NTFS or ext4 (swap) so nothing special

# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xXxxxxxxxx

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          13      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2              13        5100    40856576    7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3            5100        7775    21485520   83  Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4            7775       15567    62589240    5  Extended
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5            7775       14218    51755728+  83  Linux
/dev/sda6           14218       15434     9767488+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7           15434       15567     1065928+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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grub-pc hangs while package is configured
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