I had the same issue, doing a fresh install of firebird2.1-classic on UNR10.04 (not an upgrade). There was a defunct process with proctitle starting with firebird2.1-<something>, I had to kill that *and* its companion "frontend" process before synaptic would continue. Manually running dpkg-reconfigure firebird2.1-classic reveals that it is attempting to ask me a question (whether I need the server running or not). Synaptic did not display any prompt of any sort; perhaps that was the problem (UI took a left turn into hyperspace, meanwhile dpkg still waiting for input)?
-- package firebird2.1-classic 2.1.3.18185-0.ds1-6build1 failed to install/upgrade: on ubuntu 9.10->10.04 B2 upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/566710 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
