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Title: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS - apt-get broken after upgrade - Package netbase is not configured yet. Status in “netbase” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: After doing the dist-upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS we now have a system that apt-get is broken. When we try and do apt-get -f install this is the output: root@web2:~# apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. 24 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up netbase (5.2) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/services ... dpkg: error processing package netbase (--configure): unable to install `/etc/services.dpkg-new' as `/etc/services': Operation not permitted dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ntpdate: ntpdate depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package ntpdate (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus: dbus depends on netbase (>= 4.45ubuntu3); however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package dbus (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of accountsservice: accountsservice depends on dbus; however: Package dbus is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package accountsservice (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector-common: language-selector-common depends on dbus; however: Package dbus is not configured yet. language-selector-common depends on accountsservice (>= 0.6.29-1ubuntu6); however: Package accountsservice is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package language-selector-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of systemd-services: systemd-services depends on dbus; however: Package dbus is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package systemd-services (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:amd64: libpam-systemd:amd64 depends on systemd-services (= 204-5ubuntu20.6); however: Package systemd-services is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ntp: ntp depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package ntp (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal: ubuntu-minimal depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. ubuntu-minimal depends on ntpdate; however: Package ntpdate is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-minimal (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ftp: ftp depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package ftp (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of telnet: telnet depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package telnet (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-standard: ubuntu-standard depends on ftp; however: Package ftp is not configured yet. ubuntu-standard depends on language-selector-common; however: Package language-selector-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-standard (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libio-socket-ssl-perl: libio-socket-ssl-perl depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libio-socket-ssl-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libnet-smtp-ssl-perl: libnet-smtp-ssl-perl depends on libio-socket-ssl-perl; however: Package libio-socket-ssl-perl is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libnet-smtp-ssl-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libmailtools-perl: libmailtools-perl depends on libnet-smtp-ssl-perl; however: Package libnet-smtp-ssl-perl is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libmailtools-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libmime-tools-perl: libmime-tools-perl depends on libmailtools-perl; however: Package libmailtools-perl is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libmime-tools-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libwww-perl: libwww-perl depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libwww-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of liblwp-protocol-https-perl: liblwp-protocol-https-perl depends on libio-socket-ssl-perl (>= 1.54); however: Package libio-socket-ssl-perl is not configured yet. liblwp-protocol-https-perl depends on libwww-perl (>= 6.05-2); however: Package libwww-perl is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package liblwp-protocol-https-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libxml-parser-perl: libxml-parser-perl depends on libwww-perl; however: Package libwww-perl is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libxml-parser-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libsoap-lite-perl: libsoap-lite-perl depends on libio-socket-ssl-perl; however: Package libio-socket-ssl-perl is not configured yet. libsoap-lite-perl depends on libmime-tools-perl; however: Package libmime-tools-perl is not configured yet. libsoap-lite-perl depends on libwww-perl; however: Package libwww-perl is not configured yet. libsoap-lite-perl depends on libxml-parser-perl; however: Package libxml-parser-perl is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package libsoap-lite-perl (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postfix: postfix depends on netbase; however: Package netbase is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package postfix (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mailutils: mailutils depends on default-mta | mail-transport-agent; however: Package default-mta is not installed. Package postfix which provides default-mta is not configured yet. Package mail-transport-agent is not installed. Package postfix which provides mail-transport-agent is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package mailutils (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1: policykit-1 depends on libpam-systemd; however: Package libpam-systemd:amd64 is not configured yet. policykit-1 depends on dbus; however: Package dbus is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package policykit-1 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-secretstorage: python-secretstorage depends on dbus; however: Package dbus is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package python-secretstorage (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already Errors were encountered while processing: netbase ntpdate dbus accountsservice language-selector-common systemd-services libpam-systemd:amd64 ntp ubuntu-minimal ftp telnet ubuntu-standard libio-socket-ssl-perl libnet-smtp-ssl-perl libmailtools-perl libmime-tools-perl libwww-perl liblwp-protocol-https-perl libxml-parser-perl libsoap-lite-perl postfix mailutils policykit-1 python-secretstorage E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netbase/+bug/1375836/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp