[Bug 877852] Re: samba failed to install when updating from ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10

[Guy Attfield]

To answer your questions:

    1. I don't know.  I'm not a Linux/Ubuntu guru and (at
    64) don't have the inclination to become one.
    2. As far as I know, the only route back to 10.04.4 LTS
    is to do a re-install from CD.

I let 10.04 install in a new partition (so I had XP, 11.10, 
and 10.04 all in separate partitions) moved all data files 
and sub-folders from the 11.10 partition to the 10.04 
partition.  After a couple of weeks, having backed up all my 
data files, I deleted the 11.10 partition and resized the 
new 10.04 partition.

I was tempted by rave reviews of Ubuntu 11 to break a 
career-long rule of "Never install the latest version of 
anything unless there is an over-riding reason to do so."  
which is a variation on "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."  
I've decided to wait until 2013 before even thinking about 
'upgrading' to the next LTS version.

On 01/04/2012 22:10, Robin Young wrote:
> After attempting to upgrade  to Ubuntu 11.10 this morning I also received this same notice of a problem with 'samba'.
> After the upgrade continued, I receive a notice - something to the effect of ~ the install has failed and the system may now be unstable.
> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ?
> How do I RESTORE my computer ??
>
> Do I need to Uninstall this upgrade - Is it POSSIBLE to UNinstall ?!?
> Why is this only of 'medium importance' if my system is now unstable.  It was working well before.
>
> Thanks.
>

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Title:
  samba failed to install when updating from ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10

Status in “samba” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Just used the update manager to update Ubuntu from 11.04 to 11.10 and
  during process it gives two messages saying "install will continue but
  samba package may not be working when it finishes" and after the
  update finished it gives this final error, saying samba is not
  working.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Oct 18 23:08:45 2011
  ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   nautilus 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu5
   gvfs     1.10.0-0ubuntu1
  SambaClientRegression: Yes
  SourcePackage: samba
  Title: package samba 2:3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: package samba is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-18 (0 days ago)

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