[Bug 353144] Re: package rocksndiamonds 3.2.6.0+dfsg-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Bela Lubkin]

This is not yet fixed in either karmic (3.2.6.0+dfsg-6) nor lucid
(3.2.6.1+dfsg1-5).

It is fixed upstream in Debian 3.2.6.1+dfsg1-6.

The problem is caused by a Bashism in
/var/lib/dpkg/info/rocksndiamonds.postinst:

--- rocksndiamonds.postinst.orig        2010-01-27 07:13:13.000000000 -0800
+++ rocksndiamonds.postinst     2010-01-27 07:12:40.000000000 -0800
@@ -214,3 +214,3 @@ if ($ARGV[0] eq 'configure')
 {
-    system 'which update-menus &>/dev/null';
+    system 'which update-menus >/dev/null 2>&1';
     if ($? == 0)
@@ -218,3 +218,3 @@ if ($ARGV[0] eq 'configure')
         print STDERR "Update menu\n";
-        system 'update-menus &>/dev/null';
+        system 'update-menus >/dev/null 2>&1';
     }

"&>" doesn't work in /bin/sh which is now Dash.

This same issue causes:

1. `dpkg-reconfigure rocksndiamonds` exits with just "Update menus"

2. exits with a big error message about the configure script returning
128

3. appears to work but doesn't actually download level archives

-- all depending on which interface you start it from and what the current
state of the package is on your system.

** Changed in: rocksndiamonds (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Released => Confirmed

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package rocksndiamonds 3.2.6.0+dfsg-3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
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