After completion of the upgrade, reinstalled samba through Synaptic. Installation completed successfully and resources shared through Samba (aka printer) can be used by windows platforms.
This therefore appears to be some funky transient issue associated with the upgrade process, not Samba itself. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882028 Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed') To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/882028/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs