yesterday i was trying to build a custom iso of trusty i386. during the first attempt, towards the end (after i decided to mark all upgrades and install them) the error message appeared-after repeated attempts to fix the broken packages and -f options to remove and install the package i had to give up the project. here is the message from the terminal
# sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic (3.13.0-27.50) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-27-generic
) points to /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-27-generic
(/boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-27-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic.postinst line 491.
vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
) points to /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
(/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic.postinst line 491.
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.13.0-27-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.13.0-27-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.13.0-27-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-27-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.13.0-27-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.13.0-27-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-extlinux 3.13.0-27-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic...
P: Installing debian theme... done.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.13.0-27-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-27-generic
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub: 22: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub: Syntax error: "fi" unexpected
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub exited with return code 2
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic.postinst line 1025.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:i386:
libpam-systemd:i386 depends on systemd-services (= 204-5ubuntu20); however:
Version of systemd-services on system is 204-5ubuntu20.2.
dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:i386 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic; however:
Package linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 3.13.0.27.33); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-extra-3.13.0-27-generic:
linux-image-extra-3.13.0-27-generic depends on linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic; however:
Package linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-extra-3.13.0-27-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-image-3.13.0-27-generic
libpam-systemd:i386
linux-image-generic
linux-generic
linux-image-extra-3.13.0-27-generic
please help me...