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[Christoph Berg <myon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd think the problem is somewhere in your PAM setup. For some reason
"su" is asking for a password even when running as root:

    su -s /bin/sh postgres -c "test -O /var/lib/postgresql &&
            test -G /var/lib/postgresql" || \
        chown postgres:postgres /var/lib/postgresql

To be sure where it is really asking, add "set -x" to the beginning of
/var/lib/dpkg/info/postgresql-common.postinst and do the dpkg
--configure -a again.

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Title:
  Installation hangs at password prompt

Status in postgresql-common package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) sudo apt-get install postgresql (on a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10)
  2) Give Password as requested for the configuration of postgresql-common package. (Entered password is visible.)
  3) Hit Enter -> process hangs (Ctrl+C or +D do not work either).
  4) Only option to exit apt-get is to kill it and delete lock files manually.

  Full output of apt-get:
    ...@...:...$ sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.4
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    The following extra packages will be installed:
      postgresql-common postgresql-contrib-9.4
    Suggested packages:
      oidentd ident-server locales-all libdbd-pg-perl
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
      postgresql-9.4 postgresql-common postgresql-contrib-9.4
    0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0 B/3'433 kB of archives.
    After this operation, 14.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
    Preconfiguring packages ...
    Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-common.
    (Reading database ... 321682 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-common_169git1_all.deb ...
    Adding 'diversion of /usr/bin/pg_config to /usr/bin/pg_config.libpq-dev by postgresql-common'
    Unpacking postgresql-common (169git1) ...
    Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-9.4.
    Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-9.4_9.4.5-1_amd64.deb ...
    Unpacking postgresql-9.4 (9.4.5-1) ...
    Selecting previously unselected package postgresql-contrib-9.4.
    Preparing to unpack .../postgresql-contrib-9.4_9.4.5-1_amd64.deb ...
    Unpacking postgresql-contrib-9.4 (9.4.5-1) ...
    Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...
    Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
    Processing triggers for systemd (225-1ubuntu9) ...
    Setting up postgresql-common (169git1) ...
    Password:

  
  The configuration via dpkg of postgresql-common also hangs after "Password:" prompt. The password can be entered, but is visible and after hitting enter, nothing happens. Can be aborted by Ctrl+C.

    $ sudo dpkg --configure -a
    Setting up postgresql-common (169git1) ...
    Password: hallo
    ^CPassword change aborted.
    dpkg: error processing package postgresql-common (--configure):
     subprocess installed post-installation script was interrupted
    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of postgresql-9.4:
     postgresql-9.4 depends on postgresql-common (>= 142~); however:
      Package postgresql-common is not configured yet.

  System: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: postgresql-common
  Version: 169git1

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