[Bug 1614675] Re: 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

[Steve Langasek]

What did you see here that makes you think update-secureboot-policy was
forking and exiting?

The output shows that your debconf interface was in an inconsistent
state:

Setting up shim-signed (1.18~14.04.1+0.8-0ubuntu2) ...
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
Use of uninitialized value $ret in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Passthrough.pm line 212, <GEN0> line 23.
Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 111, <GEN0> line 23.
Use of uninitialized value $_[1] in join or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 111, <GEN0> line 23.
[...]

So this looks like it's the same as bug #1603642.

** Changed in: shim-signed (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

** Summary changed:

- 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
+ (trusty, debconf passthrough) 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

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Title:
  (trusty, debconf passthrough) 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:
  Incomplete

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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