[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#729167: samba-common: post-installation script returned error exit status 10

[Tony Green]

Package: samba-common
Version: 2:4.0.10+dfsg-4
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
Daily updates found Samba packages to update.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
Ran normal process to install available upgrades
   * What was the outcome of this action?
Pop-up message:
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E: samba-common: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error
exit status 10
E: smbclient: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: samba-common-bin: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
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Full console output below
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Setting up samba-common (2:4.0.10+dfsg-4) ...
dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of smbclient:
 smbclient depends on samba-common (= 2:4.0.10+dfsg-4); however:
  Package samba-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing smbclient (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba-common-bin:
 samba-common-bin depends on samba-common (= 2:4.0.10+dfsg-4); however:
  Package samba-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing samba-common-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up apt-xapian-index (0.46) ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba-common
 smbclient
 samba-common-bin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up samba-common (2:4.0.10+dfsg-4) ...
dpkg: error processing samba-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of smbclient:
 smbclient depends on samba-common (= 2:4.0.10+dfsg-4); however:
  Package samba-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing smbclient (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba-common-bin:
 samba-common-bin depends on samba-common (= 2:4.0.10+dfsg-4); however:
  Package samba-common is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing samba-common-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba-common
 smbclient
 samba-common-bin
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   * What outcome did you expect instead?

Expected it to upgrade without problem.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.10-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages samba-common depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.51
ii  dpkg                   1.16.12
ii  ucf                    3.0027+nmu1

Versions of packages samba-common recommends:
iu  samba-common-bin  2:4.0.10+dfsg-4

samba-common suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  samba-common/dhcp: false
  samba-common/workgroup: WORKGROUP
  samba-common/title:
  samba-common/do_debconf: true