Dear Mr. Byrum I upgraded two different systems. One at my home and the other at my office. The problem was the same on both. It got stuch at the same point, i.e. .....1%3a1.2.12..... If the problem was the same on both systems, the reason of getting the directory locked may not be deliberate/accidental.
Subsequently, I un-installed all files related to dovecot and did the installation again. It needed lot of effort to remove the dovecot package and its dependencies. Regards, Satish ________________________________ From: Clint Byrum <cl...@fewbar.com> To: satishso...@yahoo.co.in Sent: Sat, 2 October, 2010 12:18:25 PM Subject: [Bug 653362] Re: package mail-stack-delivery 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Hello Col., Thank you for taking the time to file this bug report and help us make Ubuntu better. The error messages in DpkgTerminalLog.txt that show this failure are here: Selecting previously deselected package mail-stack-delivery. Unpacking mail-stack-delivery (from .../mail-stack-delivery_1%3a1.2.12-1ubuntu7_all.deb) ... /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 74: /etc/dovecot/conf.d/01-dovecot-postfix.conf: Permission denied /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 74: /etc/dovecot/conf.d/01-dovecot-postfix.conf: Permission denied /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 74: /etc/dovecot/auth.d/01-dovecot-postfix.auth: Permission denied /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: 74: /etc/dovecot/auth.d/01-dovecot-postfix.auth: Permission denied rmdir: failed to remove `/var/backups/dovecot-postfix/': Directory not empty dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mail-stack-delivery_1%3a1.2.12-1ubuntu7_all.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 This file attempts to rename these files from dovecot-postfix to mail- stack-delivery if they exist. Is it possible that you have changed the permissions on the directory or files that would cause these errors? Maybe /etc is mounted readonly? The permission denied is odd because these scripts run as root. I just tested upgrading Lucid -> Maverick with dovecot-postifx installed, and it renamed the file without any errors. Col, if you could please post the result of ls -lR /etc/dovecot That would help us determine whether or not the permissions have been locally modified in a way that breaks the install script, or whether the install scripts need to be changed. Marking Incomplete pending respond from Col. Sood. ** Changed in: dovecot (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- package mail-stack-delivery 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653362 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “dovecot” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: During Upgrade. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: mail-stack-delivery 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Oct 2 05:27:26 2010 ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: dovecot Title: package mail-stack-delivery 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dovecot/+bug/653362/+subscribe -- package mail-stack-delivery 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu7 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653362 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