Public bug reported: Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said It seems that the line update-rc.d decnet start\ 39\ S\ .\ \ stop\ 11\ 1\ . >/dev/null in the postinst script requires a change.
# Reproduced by strykar@i-5:~$ sudo apt list dnet-common Listing... Done dnet-common/cosmic,cosmic,now 2.65build1 all [installed] strykar@i-5:~$ sudo apt remove dnet-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: dnet-common 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 106 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 225939 files and directories currently installed.) Removing dnet-common (2.65build1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.4-2) ... strykar@i-5:~$ sudo apt install dnet-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: dnet-common 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/35.0 kB of archives. After this operation, 106 kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... dnet-common: Skipping configure of DECnet Selecting previously unselected package dnet-common. (Reading database ... 225926 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../dnet-common_2.65build1_all.deb ... Unpacking dnet-common (2.65build1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (239-7ubuntu10.4) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.4-2) ... Setting up dnet-common (2.65build1) ... dnet-common: Skipping configure of DECnet usage: update-rc.d [-f] <basename> remove update-rc.d [-f] <basename> defaults update-rc.d [-f] <basename> defaults-disabled update-rc.d <basename> disable|enable [S|2|3|4|5] -f: force The disable|enable API is not stable and might change in the future. dpkg: error processing package dnet-common (--configure): installed dnet-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: dnet-common E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) $ uname -a Linux i-5 4.18.0-11-generic #12-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 23 19:22:37 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I've tried using aptitude and it doesn't give me any more info on the issue. ** Affects: dnprogs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1805702 Title: dnet-common - post inst script update-rc.d has error To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnprogs/+bug/1805702/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs