I don't mean to just link outwards, I did link to the request from the 'Answers' section on here where a full discourse and general looking at has occurred:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ucf/+question/448737 Which in it details the registry and other components herein. I'd love to just fold that commentary here as it has deep relevance to your thinking, however the system doesn't seem to do that when you make an 'Answer' a 'Bug report'. Outward bound if you choose not to reference my post(s): Headless server usage here with Linode VPS. I've had an error creep into my install and it's finally caused me enough serious issue that I have to find a solution to it. I started a thread over on Ask but I haven't got any good noggins to throw some light or ideas that I can troubleshoot down further. http://askubuntu.com/q/875415/602869 Many packages install/update just fine. A few chads have formed along these lines: /usr/bin/ucfr: line 323: [: : integer expression expected /usr/bin/ucfr: line 110: [: : integer expression expected And they are causing packages to not finish their configurations and thus never finish the action. At this point its happened in a grub-pc / grub2 package and I fear that in trying to solve the end of the problem, I might have made things worse in that I cannot reboot until I resolve whatever this issue is at the head. -- It isn't an across the board issue. Some packages I see this pop up and they clean up just fine. Currently, however, grub-pc & grub2, along with dovecot-core will not finish their installs due to this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ucf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1660633 Title: /usr/bin/ucfr: line ... : [: : integer expression expected Status in ucf package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I've had a reoccurring issue: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2350682 Running: ucf_3.0036_all.deb http://askubuntu.com/questions/875415/usr-bin-ucfr-errors-integer-expression-expected http://serverfault.com/questions/827873/grub-pc-update-fail-dev-sda-ext2-doesnt-support-embedding I don't know why ucfr is erroring out but the accumulated errors are now enough to stall priority packages which I feel hamstrung about. I've reinstalled the ucf package and danced around the issue enough. Any maintainers have a shot in the dark for why this would be happening? Discussion: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ucf/+question/448737 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ucf/+bug/1660633/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp