[Bug 1836236] Re: 9.4ubuntu4.9: Broken package because of missing "#" @ /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst +131

[Tom Reynolds]

This command  was reported to successfully work around this bug:

  sudo sed -i 's/^Automatically/# Automatically/g' /var/lib/dpkg/info
/base-files.postinst

It changes any lines starting with "Automatically" into comments, which
lets the script finish properly when you run:

  sudo dpkg --configure base-files

Or just run this afterwards:

  sudo apt -f install

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Title:
  9.4ubuntu4.9: Broken package because of missing "#" @
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst +131

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Trying to install this on xenial results in:

  
  Setting up base-files (9.4ubuntu4.9) ...
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst: 131: /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst: Automatically: not found
  dpkg: error processing package base-files (--configure):
   subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   base-files
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  
  Because there is a missing comment "#" at the beginning of line 131 of /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst, ie:

  Automatically added by dh_systemd_start
  ^-- # ?

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