[Bug 1627970] Re: package smbclient 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: package smbclient is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[ChristianEhrhardt]

I can't find too much in the log.
I've seen similar issues but with another version - so not dup'ing yet until we have seen a bit more of your case.

Since the auto attached logs aren't too good for now to spot the issue
I'd ask you to provide some more.

Samba in that regard consists of nmbd and smbd.
I'd like to understand what is going on in your case, could you provide the output of:

service smbd status
service nmbd status

If nothing in the following files is confidential it would be great if you could also attach:
/var/log/samba/log.nmbd
/var/log/samba/log.smbd
/etc/samba/smb.conf

Also I realized that you updated yesterday, but just now a bigger update was released on 28th.
So please try upgrading to 4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - and if that fails please provide the mentioned logs.

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Title:
  package smbclient 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to
  install/upgrade: package smbclient is not ready for configuration
  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

Status in samba package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  matje at desktop:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  matje at desktop:~$ apt-cache policy smbclient
  smbclient:
    Installed: 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
    Candidate: 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
    Version table:
       2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 500
          500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
   *** 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 500
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       2:4.3.8+dfsg-0ubuntu1 500
          500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

  I expected a clean apt-get update, instead I received the error:

  dpkg: error processing package smbclient (--configure):
   package smbclient is not ready for configuration
   cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   smbclient

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: smbclient 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-38.57-generic 4.4.19
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  AptOrdering:
   smbclient: Configure
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Sep 27 10:21:33 2016
  DpkgTerminalLog:
   dpkg: error processing package smbclient (--configure):
    package smbclient is not ready for configuration
    cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  ErrorMessage: package smbclient is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-04 (754 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5
   gvfs     1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1
  SambaClientRegression: Yes
  SourcePackage: samba
  Title: package smbclient 2:4.3.9+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 failed to install/upgrade: package smbclient is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-08 (49 days ago)

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