This affects me too. In a grave way. The package is somewhat unusable with automated installers and/or puppet/cfengine.
Steps to reproduce: 1) make sure your system has *NO* slapd package installed 2) create /etc/ldap/slapd.conf (contents does not matter) 3) install the slapd package. Result: Setting up slapd (2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1) ... Creating initial configuration... mkdir: cannot create directory `/etc/ldap/slapd.conf': File exists dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Also, on a sidenote, your postinst script is braindead. Your package offers a 'no_configuration' debconf setting but then fails to install the package since slapd wont start as there is no configuration: # debconf-show slapd * slapd/no_configuration: true # apt-get install slapd [ .. ] Setting up slapd (2.4.25-1.1ubuntu4.1) ... Omitting slapd configuration as requested. * No configuration file was found for slapd at /etc/ldap/slapd.conf. invoke-rc.d: initscript slapd, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing slapd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: slapd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/892747 Title: package slapd 2.4.21-0ubuntu5.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openldap/+bug/892747/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
