** Description changed: I recently upgraded several of our servers with latest updates. After downgrading to 20.3 it works as expected again. For some reason it core dumps on apt commands # apt-get clean # apt update - Hit:1 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/elastic stable-elk-stable InRelease - Hit:2 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/elastic stable-elk7-stable InRelease - Hit:3 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/elastic stable-elk-curator InRelease - Hit:4 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal InRelease - Hit:5 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-security InRelease - Hit:6 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease - Hit:7 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-zabbix InRelease - Hit:8 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-zabbix5 InRelease + Hit:1 http://localubu/repository/standalone/elastic stable-elk-stable InRelease + Hit:2 http://localubu/repository/standalone/elastic stable-elk7-stable InRelease + Hit:3 http://localubu/repository/standalone/elastic stable-elk-curator InRelease + Hit:4 http://localubu/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal InRelease + Hit:5 http://localubu/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-security InRelease + Hit:6 http://localubu/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease + Hit:7 http://localubu/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-zabbix InRelease + Hit:8 http://localubu/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-zabbix5 InRelease Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. Segmentation fault (core dumped) - oot@1tvselk12:~# apt dist-upgrade + # apt dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done Segmentation fault (core dumped) The following packages have been kept back: - auditbeat elasticsearch filebeat kibana + auditbeat elasticsearch filebeat kibana 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Segmentation fault (core dumped) # apt-cache policy ubuntu-advantage-tools ubuntu-advantage-tools: - Installed: 27.0.2~20.04.1 - Candidate: 27.0.2~20.04.1 - Version table: - *** 27.0.2~20.04.1 500 - 500 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - 20.3 500 - 500 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages + Installed: 27.0.2~20.04.1 + Candidate: 27.0.2~20.04.1 + Version table: + *** 27.0.2~20.04.1 500 + 500 http://localubu/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 20.3 500 + 500 http://localubu/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages # apt-get install ubuntu-advantage-tools=20.3 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: - distro-info + distro-info Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: - ubuntu-advantage-tools + ubuntu-advantage-tools 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 47.6 kB of archives. After this operation, 2331 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] - Get:1 http://1tvsubu01.st.frejaeid.com/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal/main amd64 ubuntu-advantage-tools amd64 20.3 [47.6 kB] + Get:1 http://localubu/repository/standalone/ubuntu focal/main amd64 ubuntu-advantage-tools amd64 20.3 [47.6 kB] Fetched 47.6 kB in 0s (1674 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Can't exec "/tmp/ubuntu-advantage-tools.config.QQtxfG": Permission denied at /usr/share/perl/5.30/IPC/Open3.pm line 281. open2: exec of /tmp/ubuntu-advantage-tools.config.QQtxfG configure 27.0.2~20.04.1 failed: Permission denied at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/ConfModule.pm line 59. dpkg: warning: downgrading ubuntu-advantage-tools from 27.0.2~20.04.1 to 20.3 (Reading database ... 187779 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../ubuntu-advantage-tools_20.3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking ubuntu-advantage-tools (20.3) over (27.0.2~20.04.1) ... Setting up ubuntu-advantage-tools (20.3) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/ubuntu-advantage/uaclient.conf ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ... /usr/bin/mandb: can't open the manpath configuration file /etc/manpath.config
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