Public bug reported: Wireshark-common pacakge from Utopic created a "wireshark" group that was not a system group. Id higher than 1000. Wireshark-common that comes with Vivid requests group creation with "--system" flag. That fails as the group already exists and is not in the system ID range.
ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: wireshark-common 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Apr 23 12:59:22 2015 DuplicateSignature: package:wireshark-common:1.12.1+g01b65bf-4:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-04 (839 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.1) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.17.25ubuntu1 apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 SourcePackage: wireshark Title: package wireshark-common 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-04-23 (0 days ago) ** Affects: wireshark (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package dist-upgrade vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1447893 Title: wireshark-common 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4 failed to upgrade. It now requires "wireshark" group to be a system group. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireshark/+bug/1447893/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs