/var/lib/ucf/registry is present on the system with the problem (see https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ucf/+question/448737 )
As far as we already found out one of the causes of this error is that the command egrep --count "[[:space:]]/etc/default/grub$" "/var/lib/ucf/registry" returns "Illegal variable name." when executed in a csh or tcsh shell. According to http://www.grymoire.com/unix/CshTop10.txt any use of the string $" in a csh or tcsh fails that way. According to suggestions in the grymoire document, a potential workaround could be changing line 321 of ucfr from count=$(egrep --count "[[:space:]]${real_conf_file_re}$" "$statedir/registry") || true into count=$(egrep --count "[[:space:]]${real_conf_file_re}"'$' "$statedir/registry") || true (instead of 'dollar doublequote' make it 'doublequote quote dollar quote') (Note, I was not in a position that I could test myself whether this works.) -- 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: Incomplete 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
