Re: Upgrades blocked by half-installed package, libpam0g

To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Upgrades blocked by half-installed package, libpam0g
From: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:35:39 +0000
Message-id: <[🔎] 20080828103538.GM8254@pear.tzafrir.org.il>
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 03:54:23AM +0000, John O'Hagan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running lenny.
> 
> The power failed on my laptop during a recent upgrade about a week
> ago. Don't know if this is why, but attempts to upgrade or install any
> new packages since then fail because aptitude (or rather dpkg) chokes
> on repeated attempts to configure libpam0g:
> 
> dpkg: error processing libpam0g (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libpam0g
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> I've tried aptitude -f install and reinstall, but these have the same
> result. Trying to purge the offending package (with a view to
> reinstalling) results in a dire warning from aptitude, that login
> would be removed as well, which would break the system.
> 
> A couple of similar problems have been posted here recently, one also
> in relation to libpam0g and the other to another package, regarding
> dpkg errors blocking aptitude. Both were answered by the ever-reliable
> Florian Kulzer. In the first case he advised downloading the package
> itself and installing it with dpkg -i; I tried this but got identical
> errors.
> 
> In the second case he advised using "set -x" to generate output from
> the postinst script, I did this for the script of libpam0g, but I am
> unable to interpret the output, which I have posted below.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> John O'Hagan
> 
> -------
> Post-inst for libpam0g:
> 
> # dpkg --configure libpam0g
> Setting up libpam0g (1.0.1-3) ...
> debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Kde
> debconf: (--- No method to call for :)
> debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog

Can you try using a different debconf frontend?

DEBIAN_FRONTEND=readline apt-get install -f

> + '[' configure = configure ']'
> + '[' '!' -z 0.99.7.1-7 ']'
> + dpkg --compare-versions 0.99.7.1-7 lt 0.99.10.0
> + db_version 2.0
> + _db_cmd 'VERSION 2.0'
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'VERSION 2.0'
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET=2.0
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + echo -n 'Checking for services that may need to be restarted...'
> Checking for services that may need to be restarted...+
> check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron cups'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus vsftpd wu-ftpd
> wzdftpd xrdp yardradius yaws'
> + who
> + awk '{print $2}'
> + grep -q ':[0-9]'
> + echo 'Checking init scripts...'
> Checking init scripts...
> ++ installed_services 'apache2-common at bayonne cherokee
> courier-authdaemon cron cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim
> exim4-base fcron fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2
> hylafax-server iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql
> lsh-server muddleftpd netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition
> pgpool popa3d postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd
> pure-ftpd pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon
> samba sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus vsftpd
> wu-ftpd wzdftpd xrdp yardradius yaws'
> ++ check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus vsftpd wu-ftpd
> wzdftpd xrdp yardradius yaws'
> +++ dpkg -s apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus vsftpd wu-ftpd
> wzdftpd xrdp yardradius yaws
> +++ egrep '^Package:|^Status:'
> +++ awk '{if ($1 ~ /^Package:/) { package=$2 } else if ($0 ~ /^Status:
> .* installed$/) { print package }}'
> ++ check='cron
> cups
> exim4-base
> samba'
> +++ echo cron cups exim4-base samba
> +++ sed '-es/\bapache2-common\b/apache2/g' '-es/\bat\b/atd/g'
> '-es/\bdovecot-common\b/dovecot/g' '-es/\bdante-server\b/danted/g'
> '-es/\bexim4-base\b/exim4/g' '-es/\bheartbeat-2\b/heartbeat/g'
> '-es/\bhylafax-server\b/hylafax/g'
> '-es/\bpartimage-server\b/partimaged/g'
> '-es/\bsasl2-bin\b/saslauthd/g'
> ++ check='cron cups exim4 samba'
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/cron
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/cron
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/cron ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/cron ']'
> ++ services='cron '
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/cups
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/cups
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/cups ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/cups ']'
> ++ services='cups cron '
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/exim4
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/exim4
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/exim4 ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/exim4 ']'
> ++ services='exim4 cups cron '
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/samba
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/samba
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/samba ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/samba ']'
> ++ services='samba exim4 cups cron '
> ++ echo 'samba exim4 cups cron '
> + services='samba exim4 cups cron '
> + '[' -n 'samba exim4 cups cron ' ']'
> + db_reset libpam0g/restart-services
> + _db_cmd 'RESET libpam0g/restart-services'
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'RESET libpam0g/restart-services'
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET=0
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_set libpam0g/restart-services 'samba exim4 cups cron '
> + _db_cmd 'SET libpam0g/restart-services' 'samba exim4 cups cron '
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'SET libpam0g/restart-services samba exim4 cups cron '
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET='value set'
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_input critical libpam0g/restart-services
> + _db_cmd 'INPUT critical' libpam0g/restart-services
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'INPUT critical libpam0g/restart-services'
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET='question will be asked'
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_go
> + _db_cmd 'GO '
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'GO '
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET=ok
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_get libpam0g/restart-services
> + _db_cmd 'GET libpam0g/restart-services'
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'GET libpam0g/restart-services'
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET='samba exim4 cups cron'
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + '[' 'xsamba exim4 cups cron' '!=' x ']'
> + services='samba exim4 cups cron'
> + echo
> 
> + '[' 'samba exim4 cups cron' '!=' '' ']'
> + echo 'Restarting services possibly affected by the upgrade:'
> Restarting services possibly affected by the upgrade:
> + failed=
> ++ runlevel
> ++ sed 's/.*\ //'
> + rl=2
> + for service in '$services'
> ++ which invoke-rc.d
> + '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> + idl='invoke-rc.d samba'
> + case "$service" in
> + echo -n '  samba: stopping...'
>   samba: stopping...+ invoke-rc.d samba stop
> + sleep 1
> + echo -n starting...
> starting...+ invoke-rc.d samba start
> + echo done.
> done.
> + for service in '$services'
> ++ which invoke-rc.d
> + '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> + idl='invoke-rc.d exim4'
> + case "$service" in
> + echo -n '  exim4: stopping...'
>   exim4: stopping...+ invoke-rc.d exim4 stop
> + sleep 1
> + echo -n starting...
> starting...+ invoke-rc.d exim4 start
> + echo done.
> done.
> + for service in '$services'
> ++ which invoke-rc.d
> + '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> + idl='invoke-rc.d cups'
> + case "$service" in
> + echo -n '  cups: stopping...'
>   cups: stopping...+ invoke-rc.d cups stop
> + sleep 1
> + echo -n starting...
> starting...+ invoke-rc.d cups start
> + echo done.
> done.
> + for service in '$services'
> ++ which invoke-rc.d
> + '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> + idl='invoke-rc.d cron'
> + case "$service" in
> + echo -n '  cron: stopping...'
>   cron: stopping...+ invoke-rc.d cron stop
> + sleep 1
> + echo -n starting...
> starting...+ invoke-rc.d cron start
> + echo done.
> done.
> + echo
> 
> + '[' -n '' ']'
> + echo 'Services restarted successfully.'
> Services restarted successfully.
> + echo
> 
> + who
> + awk '{print $2}'
> + grep -q ':[0-9]'
> + dms=
> + for service in kdm wdm xdm
> + case "$services" in
> + dms=' kdm'
> + for service in kdm wdm xdm
> + case "$services" in
> + dms=' kdm wdm'
> + for service in kdm wdm xdm
> + case "$services" in
> + dms=' kdm wdm xdm'
> ++ installed_services ' kdm wdm xdm'
> ++ check=' kdm wdm xdm'
> +++ dpkg -s kdm wdm xdm
> +++ egrep '^Package:|^Status:'
> +++ awk '{if ($1 ~ /^Package:/) { package=$2 } else if ($0 ~ /^Status:
> .* installed$/) { print package }}'
> ++ check=kdm
> +++ echo kdm
> +++ sed '-es/\bapache2-common\b/apache2/g' '-es/\bat\b/atd/g'
> '-es/\bdovecot-common\b/dovecot/g' '-es/\bdante-server\b/danted/g'
> '-es/\bexim4-base\b/exim4/g' '-es/\bheartbeat-2\b/heartbeat/g'
> '-es/\bhylafax-server\b/hylafax/g'
> '-es/\bpartimage-server\b/partimaged/g'
> '-es/\bsasl2-bin\b/saslauthd/g'
> ++ check=kdm
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/kdm
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/kdm
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/kdm ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/kdm ']'
> ++ services='kdm samba exim4 cups cron'
> ++ echo 'kdm samba exim4 cups cron'
> + services='kdm samba exim4 cups cron'
> + '[' -n 'kdm samba exim4 cups cron' ']'
> + db_input critical libpam0g/xdm-needs-restart
> + _db_cmd 'INPUT critical' libpam0g/xdm-needs-restart
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'INPUT critical libpam0g/xdm-needs-restart'
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET='question will be asked'
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_go
> + _db_cmd 'GO '
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'GO '
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET=ok
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_stop
> + echo STOP
> + '[' configure = configure ']'
> + ldconfig
> + '[' configure = configure ']'
> + '[' '!' -z 0.99.7.1-7 ']'
> + dpkg --compare-versions 0.99.7.1-7 lt 0.99.10.0
> + db_version 2.0
> + _db_cmd 'VERSION 2.0'
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'VERSION 2.0'
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET=2.0
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + echo -n 'Checking for services that may need to be restarted...'
> Checking for services that may need to be restarted...+
> check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron cups'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus'
> + check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus vsftpd wu-ftpd
> wzdftpd xrdp yardradius yaws'
> + who
> + awk '{print $2}'
> + grep -q ':[0-9]'
> + echo 'Checking init scripts...'
> Checking init scripts...
> ++ installed_services 'apache2-common at bayonne cherokee
> courier-authdaemon cron cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim
> exim4-base fcron fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2
> hylafax-server iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql
> lsh-server muddleftpd netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition
> pgpool popa3d postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd
> pure-ftpd pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon
> samba sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus vsftpd
> wu-ftpd wzdftpd xrdp yardradius yaws'
> ++ check='apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus vsftpd wu-ftpd
> wzdftpd xrdp yardradius yaws'
> +++ dpkg -s apache2-common at bayonne cherokee courier-authdaemon cron
> cups dante-server diald dovecot-common exim exim4-base fcron
> fireflier-server freeradius gdm heartbeat heartbeat-2 hylafax-server
> iiimf-server inn2 kannel linesrv linesrv-mysql lsh-server muddleftpd
> netatalk nuauth partimage-server perdition pgpool popa3d
> postgresql-7.4 postgresql-8.1 postgresql-8.2 proftpd pure-ftpd
> pure-ftpd-ldap pure-ftpd-mysql pure-ftpd-postgresql racoon samba
> sasl2-bin sfs-server solid-pop3d squid squid3 tac-plus vsftpd wu-ftpd
> wzdftpd xrdp yardradius yaws
> +++ egrep '^Package:|^Status:'
> +++ awk '{if ($1 ~ /^Package:/) { package=$2 } else if ($0 ~ /^Status:
> .* installed$/) { print package }}'
> ++ check='cron
> cups
> exim4-base
> samba'
> +++ echo cron cups exim4-base samba
> +++ sed '-es/\bapache2-common\b/apache2/g' '-es/\bat\b/atd/g'
> '-es/\bdovecot-common\b/dovecot/g' '-es/\bdante-server\b/danted/g'
> '-es/\bexim4-base\b/exim4/g' '-es/\bheartbeat-2\b/heartbeat/g'
> '-es/\bhylafax-server\b/hylafax/g'
> '-es/\bpartimage-server\b/partimaged/g'
> '-es/\bsasl2-bin\b/saslauthd/g'
> ++ check='cron cups exim4 samba'
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/cron
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/cron
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/cron ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/cron ']'
> ++ services='cron '
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/cups
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/cups
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/cups ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/cups ']'
> ++ services='cups cron '
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/exim4
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/exim4
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/exim4 ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/exim4 ']'
> ++ services='exim4 cups cron '
> ++ for service in '$check'
> +++ which invoke-rc.d
> ++ '[' -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ']'
> +++ ls /etc/init.d/samba
> +++ head -n 1
> ++ idl=/etc/init.d/samba
> ++ '[' -n /etc/init.d/samba ']'
> ++ '[' -x /etc/init.d/samba ']'
> ++ services='samba exim4 cups cron '
> ++ echo 'samba exim4 cups cron '
> + services='samba exim4 cups cron '
> + '[' -n 'samba exim4 cups cron ' ']'
> + db_reset libpam0g/restart-services
> + _db_cmd 'RESET libpam0g/restart-services'
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'RESET libpam0g/restart-services'
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET=0
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_set libpam0g/restart-services 'samba exim4 cups cron '
> + _db_cmd 'SET libpam0g/restart-services' 'samba exim4 cups cron '
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'SET libpam0g/restart-services samba exim4 cups cron '
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET='value set'
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_input critical libpam0g/restart-services
> + _db_cmd 'INPUT critical' libpam0g/restart-services
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'INPUT critical libpam0g/restart-services'
> + IFS='
> '
> + read -r _db_internal_line
> + RET='question will be asked'
> + case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
> + return 0
> + db_go
> + _db_cmd 'GO '
> + IFS=' '
> + printf '%s\n' 'GO '
> --- No method to call for :
>         QApplication::new('Qt::Applic...', ARRAY(0x993c1c8))
> at /usr/lib/perl5/Qt.pm line 464.

This is debconf?

> dpkg: error processing libpam0g (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libpam0g

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