Bug#273019: apache2-mpm-worker: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[DEMAINE Benoit-Pierre <benoit@demaine.info>]

Package: apache2-mpm-worker
Version: 2.0.51-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


while installing apache2 for the first time, I have the following during
apt-get -f install:

Setting up apache2-mpm-worker (2.0.51-2) ...
dpkg: error processing apache2-mpm-worker (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I had to comment the following lines in /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache2-mpm-worker.postins

#set -e

#if [ "$1" != "configure" ]; then
#        exit 0
#fi

and run this script manually; then apt-get runs OK


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages apache2-mpm-worker depends on:
ii  apache2-common              2.0.51-2     Next generation, scalable, extenda
ii  libapr0                     2.0.51-2     The Apache Portable Runtime
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libdb4.2                    4.2.52-17    Berkeley v4.2 Database Libraries [
ii  libexpat1                   1.95.6-8     XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libldap2                    2.1.30-3     OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libssl0.9.7                 0.9.7d-5     SSL shared libraries
ii  zlib1g                      1:1.2.1.2-1  compression library - runtime

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