[mythtv-users] Mythbackend not updating

[Paul Raison]

On 15 Mar 2014, at 15:59, Chris Lewis <chrislewis915 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> I'm running Mythbuntu 13.10 and mythtv 0.27+fixes from the mythbuntu repos.
> 
> Today when i did the usual sudo apt-get upgrade i got the following errors.
> 
> Can anyone shed any light
> 
> Preparing to replace mythtv-backend 2:0.27.0+fixes.20140310.0b21664-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3 (using .../mythtv-backend_2%3a0.27.0+fis.20140313.480589a-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3_amd64.deb) ...
> invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/S20mythtv-backend
> dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 102
> dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
> invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/S20mythtv-backend
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/mythtv-backend_2%3a0.27.0+fixes.20140313.480589a-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3_amd64.deb (unpack):
>  subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 102
> invoke-rc.d: dangling symlink: /etc/rc2.d/S20mythtv-backend
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/mythtv-backend_2%3a0.27.0+fixes.20140313.480589a-0ubuntu0mythbuntu3_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> 
> Mythbackend seems to be functioning correctly.
> 
> Any ideas?

Not seen the error with MythBackend but have had it on updating Dovecot. The problem is that /etc/rc2.d/S20mythtv-backend is a symlink to a non existent file. 
Try deleting /etc/rc2.d/S20mythtv-backend then install mythtv-backend again.

Regards
Paul
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