package firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

I'm not really sure how this is possible. The firefox package ships the /usr/bin/firefox symlink, this hasn't changed in ages and you seem to be the only person with this problem.

Could you please post the output of "ls -l /usr/bin/firefox" and "dpkg -L firefox", and also attach your /var/lib/dpkg/diversions.

Thanks

ls -l /usr/bin/firefoxlrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2010-06-29 16:59 /usr/bin/firefox ->
 /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.6/firefox.sh
/var/lib/dpkg/diversions:

/bin/sh/bin/sh.distribdash/usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz/usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gzdash/usr/share/dict/words/usr/share/dict/words.pre-dictionaries-commondictionaries-common/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications.service.notify-osdnotify-osd/usr/bin/screen/usr/bin/screen.realscreen-profiles/usr/bin/gnuplot/usr/bin/gnuplot-noxgnuplot-x11/usr/share/man/man1/gnuplot.1.gz/usr/share/man/man1/gnuplot-nox.1.gzgnuplot-x11/usr/bin/firefox/usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu:/usr/bin/mozilla-firefox/usr/bin/mozilla
-firefox.ubuntu:/usr/share/vim/vim72/doc/help.txt/usr/share/vim/vim72/doc/help.txt.vim-tinyvim-runtime/usr/share/vim/vim72/doc/tags/usr/share/vim/vim72/doc/tags.vim-tinyvim-runtime/usr/lib/gnupg/gpgkeys_curl/usr/lib/gnupg/gpgkeys_curl.non_curlgnupg-curl/usr/lib/gnupg/gpgkeys_hkp/usr/lib/gnupg/gpgkeys_hkp.non_curlgnupg-curl/usr/share/gnome-games/pixmaps/slot.svg/usr/share/gnome-games/pixmaps/slot.svg.unbrandedbranding-ubuntu/usr/share/gnome-games/pixmaps/baize.png/usr/share/gnome-games/pixmaps/baize.png.unbrandedbranding-ubuntu/usr/share/gnome-games/mahjongg/pixmaps/postmodern.svg/usr/share/gnome-games/mahjongg/pixmaps/postmodern.svg.unbrandedbranding-ubuntu/usr/share/gnome-games/gnometris/pixmaps/gnometri
s.svg/usr/share/gnome-games/gnometris/pixmaps/gnometris.svg.unbrandedbranding-ubuntu/usr/share/gnome-games-common/cards/gnomangelo_bitmap.svg/usr/share/gnome-games-common/cards/gnomangelo_bitmap.svg.unbrandedbranding-ubuntu
--- On Tue, 6/29/10, Chris Coulson <email address hidden> wrote:

From: Chris Coulson <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 599978] Re: package firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
To: <email address hidden>
Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 6:12 PM

I'm not really sure how this is possible. The firefox package ships the
/usr/bin/firefox symlink, this hasn't changed in ages and you seem to
 be
the only person with this problem.

Could you please post the output of "ls -l /usr/bin/firefox" and "dpkg
-L firefox", and also attach your /var/lib/dpkg/diversions.

Thanks

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: firefox

I have created the symbolic link  /usr/bin/firefox ->
 /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.6/firefox.sh that solved a similar problem in previous upgrades, but something else seems to be wrong this time.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2...

You have some diverts there which is causing dpkg to install the /usr/bin/firefox symlink to /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu. I'm not sure where you've got that from, but that's not a bug with our Firefox package

Google seems to show something called "ubuntuzilla" doing it. And the
diversion seems to be a long-standing recommendation, for better or worse:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q="%2Fusr%2Fbin%2Ffirefox.ubuntu"

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 4.0~b12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2

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firefox (4.0~b12+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * Fix some typos in the manpage
    - update debian/firefox.1.in
  * Fix up the mess left by Ubuntuzilla rather than leaving our official
    package in a broken and inconsistent state, which ends up with users
    reporting bugs to Launchpad and giving us a bad reputation. If
    /usr/bin/firefox has been diverted and there is no /usr/bin/firefox
    provided on the system, just do the job of whatever package it was that
    broke the users install and remove the diversion for them. This should
    hopefully stop the frequently reported bugs we get from Ubuntuzilla users
    about /usr/bin/firefox being missing
    - update debian/firefox.postinst.in
    - Fixes LP: #512937, LP: #529136, LP: #552919, LP: #572733, LP: #574111,
      LP: #599978, LP: #600271, LP: #610522, LP: #610756, LP: #610907,
      LP: #612162, LP: #620400, LP: #623980, LP: #625014, LP: #630643,
      LP: #635166, LP: #638342, LP: #641838, LP: #658828, LP: #668809,
      LP: #672282, LP: #676239, LP: #707704, LP: #724090
  * Don't allow users to report bugs with apport-bug when /usr/bin/firefox
    has been diverted
    - update debian/firefox.py.in
  * Don't build with --disable-elfhack on armel. It's been fixed now
    - update debian/rules
 -- Chris Coulson <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:54:59 +0000