package xl2tpd 1.3.6+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[batihr]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xl2tpd 1.3.6+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-61.100-generic 3.13.11-ckt22
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-61-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 30 09:50:57 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:xl2tpd:1.3.6+dfsg-1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-19 (562 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.2)
SourcePackage: xl2tpd
Title: package xl2tpd 1.3.6+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-11-25 (252 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.xl2tpd.xl2tpd.conf: 2014-01-19T15:44:09.123956

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Lucas Magasweran (lucasrangit)]

Just happened to me on Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS.

```
$ apt upgrade
...
Unpacking xl2tpd (1.3.6+dfsg-4ubuntu0.16.04.2) over (1.3.6+dfsg-4ubuntu0.16.04.1) ...
...
Setting up xl2tpd (1.3.6+dfsg-4ubuntu0.16.04.2) ...
Job for xl2tpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status xl2tpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript xl2tpd, action "start" failed.
● xl2tpd.service - LSB: layer 2 tunelling protocol daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/xl2tpd; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2018-08-19 17:34:05 CEST; 4ms ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 9756 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/xl2tpd start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Aug 19 17:34:05 laptop-1603 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: layer 2 tunelling protocol daemon...
Aug 19 17:34:05 laptop-1603 xl2tpd[9756]: Starting xl2tpd:
Aug 19 17:34:05 laptop-1603 systemd[1]: xl2tpd.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Aug 19 17:34:05 laptop-1603 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: layer 2 tunelling protocol daemon.
Aug 19 17:34:05 laptop-1603 systemd[1]: xl2tpd.service: Unit entered failed state.
Aug 19 17:34:05 laptop-1603 systemd[1]: xl2tpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
dpkg: error processing package xl2tpd (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
```