I have tried installing boxbackup-server (0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3) on a server and a laptop (to see if I could reproduce it on another machinie) and it failed both times during postinst. Here's the output:
""" Setting up boxbackup-server (0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3) ... Creating bbstored user. Adding system user `bbstored' (UID 114) ... Adding new group `bbstored' (GID 127) ... Adding new user `bbstored' (UID 114) with group `bbstored' ... Not creating home directory `/var'. [: 208: -z: unexpected operator Creating /backup directory... Generating RSA private key, 2048 bit long modulus .............................................................................................................................+++ ...........+++ e is 65537 (0x10001) You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request. What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN. There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank For some fields there will be a default value, If you enter '.', the field will be left blank. ----- Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Locality Name (eg, city) []:Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:Email Address []: Please enter the following 'extra' attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password []:An optional company name []:. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 55: return: .: numeric argument required dpkg: error processing boxbackup-server (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Errors were encountered while processing: boxbackup-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up boxbackup-server (0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3) ... User bbstored already exists. [: 208: -z: unexpected operator """ (Minus the """, of course...) It then hangs until I press Ctrl-C -- package boxbackup-server 0.10+really0.10-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222999 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
