Public bug reported: I did an apt-get dist-upgrade on my Trusty machine and samba-common failed to upgrade. It looks like it's trying to remove a directory that no longer exists (dhcp3 vs. dhcp).
Here is the output. sciri@iriguchi:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libhdb9-heimdal linux-headers-3.13.0-20 linux-headers-3.13.0-20-generic linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-20-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 3 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Setting up samba-common (2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2) ... rmdir: failed to remove ‘/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d’: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package samba-common (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of smbclient: smbclient depends on samba-common (= 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2); however: Package samba-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package smbclient (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba-common-bin: samba-common-bin depends on samba-common (= 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2); however: Package samba-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package samba-common-bin (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. sciri@iriguchi:~$ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch) Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty sciri@iriguchi:~$ apt-cache policy samba-common samba-common: Installed: 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 Candidate: 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 Version table: *** 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages sciri@iriguchi:~$ apt-cache policy isc-dhcp-server isc-dhcp-server: Installed: 4.2.4-7ubuntu12 Candidate: 4.2.4-7ubuntu12 Version table: *** 4.2.4-7ubuntu12 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages sciri@iriguchi:~$ ls -al /etc/dhcp3/ ls: cannot access /etc/dhcp3/: No such file or directory sciri@iriguchi:~$ ls -al /etc/dhcp/ total 44 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Apr 8 06:27 . drwxr-xr-x 126 root root 12288 Apr 8 13:08 .. drwxr-x--- 2 root dhcpd 4096 Sep 11 2012 ddns-keys -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 63 May 26 2011 dhclient.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1830 Mar 14 2013 dhclient.conf.dpkg-dist drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 8 06:27 dhclient-enter-hooks.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 8 06:27 dhclient-exit-hooks.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4311 Feb 25 18:11 dhcpd.conf ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to samba in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1304557 Title: rmdir: failed to remove ‘/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d’: No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1304557/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs