[Bug 1614675] [NEW] package shim-signed 1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: the postinst ran /usr/sbin/update-secureboot-policy which kept forking off itself, then exiting, repeat forever until I killed it

[Richard Burdick]

Public bug reported:

>From what I could tell, /usr/sbin/update-secureboot-policy either kept
invoking itself from the original, or it was forking and exiting. Either
way, I left it for 10 minutes, but it never finished. I killed it.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: shim-signed 1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-93.140-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-93-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
BootEFIContents:
 grub.cfg
 grubx64.efi
 MokManager.efi
 shimx64.efi
Date: Thu Aug 18 12:13:57 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:shim-signed:1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-22 (758 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.14
SourcePackage: shim-signed
Title: package shim-signed 1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: shim-signed (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package trusty

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Title:
  package shim-signed 1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 failed to
  install/upgrade: the postinst ran /usr/sbin/update-secureboot-policy
  which kept forking off itself, then exiting, repeat forever until I
  killed it

Status in shim-signed package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  From what I could tell, /usr/sbin/update-secureboot-policy either kept
  invoking itself from the original, or it was forking and exiting.
  Either way, I left it for 10 minutes, but it never finished. I killed
  it.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: shim-signed 1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-93.140-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-93-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: amd64
  BootEFIContents:
   grub.cfg
   grubx64.efi
   MokManager.efi
   shimx64.efi
  Date: Thu Aug 18 12:13:57 2016
  DuplicateSignature: package:shim-signed:1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-22 (758 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  SourcePackage: shim-signed
  Title: package shim-signed 1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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