In my particular case, this error appeared to be related to permissions in the /var/run/postgresql directory. Postgres could not start because it could not modify files in that directory.
I have not been watching the Postgres installations carefully enough in the past. I now have both a postgres user and a postgres-xc user; I am not sure when I picked up each. After this upgrade the directory /var/run/postgresql and its contents were owned by postgres-xc but the Postgres server was running under the postgres user. I do not know what the status was before the upgrade. I ran this command: chown -R postgres:postgres /var/run/postgresql PostgreSQL starts and apt is content that the installation is complete. The bug itself is a pretty generic "failed to install package." It is quite possible the problem I encountered is completely different from the problems others have. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1421101 Title: package postgresql-9.3 9.3.6-0ubuntu0.14.04 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/postgresql-9.3/+bug/1421101/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
