I fixed the problem about a month ago after another failed upgrade indicated that the problem was caused by a dhcp configuration file in another location. That file was located under etc/default (I think) and it was largely blank. When the server tried to start using that configuration file it gave the errors shown in the original message. The configuration file in the standard location (/etc/dhcp3?) was correct but not being used. I deleted the blank configuration file and the package updated correctly.
This may have been caused when I accidentally selected the option to restore some of the communication configuration files to the defaults during an upgrade. That particular dialog was not very clear about which option preserved the changes I had made in the configuration files. Tom N. ----- Original Message ---- From: Chuck Short <chuck.sh...@canonical.com> To: tanon...@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 2:15:03 PM Subject: [Bug 389302] Re: dhcp3-server fails to update Relevant error: Removing dhcp3-server ... /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 14: default-lease-time: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 15: max-lease-time: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 16: option: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 17: option: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 18: option: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 19: option: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 20: option: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 22: subnet: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 23: range: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 24: range: not found /etc/default/dhcp3-server: 25: Syntax error: "}" unexpected invoke-rc.d: initscript dhcp3-server, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing dhcp3-server (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: dhcp3-server Log ended: 2009-06-18 20:47:41 Are you still having this problem? Regards chuck ** Changed in: dhcp3 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- dhcp3-server fails to update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389302 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “dhcp3” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Errors were encountered while processing: dhcp3-server gadmin-dhcpd gdhcpd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gadmin-dhcpd: gadmin-dhcpd depends on dhcp3-server; however: Package dhcp3-server is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gadmin-dhcpd (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gdhcpd: gdhcpd depends on gadmin-dhcpd; however: Package gadmin-dhcpd is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gdhcpd (--configure): dependency proglems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: gadmin-dhcpd gdhcpd Cannot uninstall dhcp3-server either. Stopped server and tried to use synaptic to remove, but got an error and package remained installed. Error started after upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 and persisted in 9.04. ProblemType: Package Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Package: dhcp3-server 3.1.1-5ubuntu8 SourcePackage: dhcp3 Title: package dhcp3-server 3.1.1-5ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Uname: Linux 2.6.28-13-generic i686 -- dhcp3-server fails to update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/389302 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