dbus gets installed again if you temporarily delete user "messagebus" out of "/etc/passwd"; but new "messagebus" gets a different UID. To repair the system you should synchronize the UIDs over all the filesystem. It would be the better way to patch the configure-script of package dbus to not add a new user in case of update (add only on new installation) or to ignore the error return of useradd in case of pe-existence of the user to add!
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to dbus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704835 Title: dbus package fails to upgrade because "messagebus" user already exists Status in “dbus” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: dbus Release: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS 64 bit Package: dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 amd64 What happened: Update manager came up with important security updates: dbus, dbus-x11, libdus-1-3. Installation failed, log is pasted below: (Reading database ... 284653 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libdbus-1-3 1.2.16-2ubuntu4 (using .../libdbus-1-3_1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libdbus-1-3 ... Preparing to replace dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4 (using .../dbus_1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dbus ... Preparing to replace dbus-x11 1.2.16-2ubuntu4 (using .../dbus-x11_1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement dbus-x11 ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up libdbus-1-3 (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1) ... Setting up dbus (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1) ... The system user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting. Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. dpkg: error processing dbus (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11: dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however: Package dbus is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing dbus-x11 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while processing: dbus dbus-x11 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up dbus (1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1) ... The system user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-27.49-generic 2.6.32.26+drm33.12 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 19 09:54:10 2011 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) SourcePackage: dbus Title: package dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+bug/704835/+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
