Package fails at dpkg postinst during installation

Bug #920055 reported by Pritam Baral
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This bug affects 13 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
iptables-persistent (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
iptables-persistent (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Bug Description

dpkg exits with error:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

The actual error being:
 update-rc.d: error: start|stop arguments not terminated by "."

The stop argument lacks a trailing dot in the post-inst file

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
iptables-persistent 0.5.3

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in iptables-persistent (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in iptables-persistent (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package iptables-persistent - 0.5.3ubuntu2

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iptables-persistent (0.5.3ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/rules: add missing '.' (LP: #920055)
  * Stop using 'dpkg-maintscript-helper' for configuration files (LP: #967018)
 -- Neil Wilson <email address hidden> Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:57:01 +0100

Changed in iptables-persistent (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in iptables-persistent (Debian):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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