Bug#562054: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Soeren Sonnenburg]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98~20091221-1
Severity: grave

the recent upgrade fails to install here (it used to install work just fine...)

Setting up grub-pc (1.98~20091221-1) ...
head: cannot open `/boot/grub/video.lst' for reading: No such file or directory
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-sonne
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc8-sonne
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc7-sonne
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc6-sonne
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc6-debug
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc5-sonne
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc5-debug
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc5-debug.old
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3-sonne
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-rc3-debug
/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober: 40: function: not found
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-rescue-pc:
 grub-rescue-pc depends on grub-pc (>= 1.97+20091114-1); however:
  Package grub-pc is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing grub-rescue-pc (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-sonne (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.28          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.98~20091221-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.10.2-2        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                      3.0025          Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto

-- debconf information excluded