This is mostly caused by a stale lock-file and not a bug in festival. Therefore converting to a question in our answer-tracker.
** Changed in: festival (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/festival/+question/147475 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/572091 Title: package festival (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: exit status 1 - useradd: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs