Comment 2 for bug 540579

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote : Re: package memtest86 2.11-3ubuntu5 failed to install/upgrade: distro upgrade from 09.10 to 10.04

Thanks for your report.

The relevant error is
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Preparing to replace memtest86+ 2.11-3ubuntu5 (using .../memtest86+_4.00-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement memtest86+ ...
Generating grub.cfg ...
untu1_i386.deb) ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
) ...
tu3_i386.deb) ...
 ...
-2ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
[...]
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
^Cdpkg: warning: old post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt)
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Generating grub.cfg ...
al (Interrupt)
^Cdpkg: warning: old post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt)
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Generating grub.cfg ...
^Cdpkg: warning: old post-removal script killed by sign

^Cdpkg: warning: old post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt)
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-16-generic
[...]
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^Cdpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Interrupt)

It shows some kind of loop.