[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#820989: samba: After an 'apt-get upgrade' dpkg report error in samba (--configure)

[Santoro]

Package: samba
Version: 2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
Severity: important

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages samba depends on:
ii  adduser                              3.113+nmu3
ii  dpkg                                 1.17.26
ii  libacl1                              2.2.52-2
ii  libattr1                             1:2.4.47-2
ii  libbsd0                              0.7.0-2
ii  libc6                                2.19-18+deb8u4
ii  libcups2                             1.7.5-11+deb8u1
ii  libhdb9-heimdal [heimdal-hdb-api-8]  1.6~rc2+dfsg-9
ii  libldap-2.4-2                        2.4.40+dfsg-1+deb8u2
ii  libldb1                              2:1.1.20-0+deb8u1
ii  libpam-modules                       1.1.8-3.1+deb8u1+b1
ii  libpam-runtime                       1.1.8-3.1+deb8u1
ii  libpopt0                             1.16-10
ii  libpython2.7                         2.7.9-2
ii  libtalloc2                           2.1.2-0+deb8u1
ii  libtdb1                              1.3.6-0+deb8u1
ii  libtevent0                           0.9.25-0+deb8u1
ii  libwbclient0                         2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  lsb-base                             4.1+Debian13+nmu1
ii  multiarch-support                    2.19-18+deb8u4
ii  procps                               2:3.3.9-9
ii  python                               2.7.9-1
ii  python-dnspython                     1.12.0-1
ii  python-ntdb                          1.0-5
ii  python-samba                         2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
pn  python2.7:any                        <none>
ii  samba-common                         2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
iu  samba-common-bin                     2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  samba-dsdb-modules                   2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  samba-libs                           2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1
ii  tdb-tools                            1.3.6-0+deb8u1
ii  update-inetd                         4.43

Versions of packages samba recommends:
ii  attr               1:2.4.47-2
ii  logrotate          3.8.7-1+b1
iu  samba-vfs-modules  2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1

Versions of packages samba suggests:
pn  bind9          <none>
pn  bind9utils     <none>
pn  ctdb           <none>
pn  ldb-tools      <none>
ii  ntp            1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-7+deb8u1
pn  smbldap-tools  <none>
pn  winbind        <none>

-- no debconf information

After apt-get upgrade dpkg sends the following error messages:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 13 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up samba (2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1) ...
Job for smbd.service failed. See 'systemctl status smbd.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript smbd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package samba (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba-vfs-modules:
 samba-vfs-modules depends on samba (= 2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1); however:
  Package samba is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package samba-vfs-modules (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of samba-common-bin:
 samba-common-bin depends on samba (= 2:4.2.10+dfsg-0+deb8u1); however:
  Package samba is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package samba-common-bin (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 samba
 samba-vfs-modules
 samba-common-bin


Purge samba and reinstalling give the same error.

What can I do to solve the problem?
Thanks.