Bug#547649: grub-pc postinst exit status 128

[Arno Schuring]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta3-1
Severity: important

dist-upgrade today tried to install grub-pc as a replacement for grub-legacy.

Installation went fine, then I was presented with the debconf dialog to chainload grub-pc from grub-legacy. No matter which option I choose in that dialog (yes or no), I get the following error:

aschuring at neminis:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta3-1) ...
dpkg: error processing grub-pc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of grub:
 grub depends on grub-pc; however:
  Package grub-pc is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing grub (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-pc
 grub


I'm sorry I can't provide more information. I'm not familiar with either Perl or debconf and I don't have time to debug the scripts.



-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/6388def3-b3cd-4785-88c3-6b1ffbed6a9b / xfs rw,noatime,noquota 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 rw,noatime,errors=continue 0 0
/dev/sdb3 /opt xfs rw,noatime,noquota 0 0
/dev/sdb4 /home xfs rw,noatime,noquota 0 0
/dev/sdb2 /media/STORAGE ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /media/external ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,errors=continue,data=writeback 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(fd0)	/dev/fd0
#(hd0)	/dev/hdb
#(hd1)	/dev/hdd
(hd0)	/dev/sda
(hd1)	/dev/sdb
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (550, 'stable'), (101, 'unstable'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-rc9 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.27       Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                 1.97~beta3-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                       2.9-25       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                         3.0021       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
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem

-- no debconf information