It seems the same problem for both packages. I debugged the confugure script like that:
$ sudo dpkg -D3 --configure openssh-server Setting up openssh-server (1:6.2p2-6ubuntu0.2) ... D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-server.postinst ( configure 1:6.2p2-6ubuntu0.1 ) start: Job is already running: ssh invoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "restart" failed. dpkg: error processing openssh-server (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: openssh-server so configuration fails on this command inside /var/lib/dpkg/info/openssh-server.postinst (line 302 for me) invoke-rc.d ssh restart Debug output using this command: sudo bash -x invoke-rc.d ssh restart at that line: + test x/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d '!=' x show me the bug: the executable /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d disappeared somehow. ** Attachment added: "invoke-rc.d.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1297774/+attachment/4062930/+files/invoke-rc.d.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1297774 Title: package openssh-server 1:6.2p2-6ubuntu0.2 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/dpkg/+bug/1297774/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
