I can confirm that this bug is still present in 8.10, see the output from apt-get install boxbackup-server
ja...@sp13k:~$ sudo apt-get install boxbackup-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: boxbackup-server 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/560kB of archives. After this operation, 1602kB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package boxbackup-server. (Reading database ... 138608 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking boxbackup-server (from .../boxbackup-server_0.11~rc2-3.1_i386.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up boxbackup-server (0.11~rc2-3.1) ... Creating bbstored user. Adding system user `bbstored' (UID 113) ... Adding new group `bbstored' (GID 126) ... Adding new user `bbstored' (UID 113) with group `bbstored' ... Not creating home directory `/var'. [: 208: -z: unexpected operator Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus ..............................................+++ ...................................................................................................................................................................................+++ e is 65537 (0x10001) You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Locality Name (eg, city) []:Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:Email Address []: Please enter the following 'extra' attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []:An optional company name []:. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 55: return: .: numeric argument required dpkg: error processing boxbackup-server (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Errors were encountered while processing: boxbackup-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ja...@sp13k:~$ -- package boxbackup-server 0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222999 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
