/var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst: 109: [: Illegal number: *

[dino99]

Upgrading systemd to the latest version, the dialog installing box (synaptic) has shown that error:

Setting up udev (229-3ubuntu1) ...
addgroup: The group `input' already exists as a system group. Exiting.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst: 109: [: Illegal number: *

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: systemd 229-3ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.5.0-040500-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Mar 21 17:13:52 2016
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c062 Logitech, Inc. M-UAS144 [LS1 Laser Mouse]
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC P5W DH Deluxe
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.5.0-040500-generic root=UUID=7c755ed6-51cc-4b75-88ac-9c75acf82749 ro
SourcePackage: systemd
SystemdDelta:
 [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service → /lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf
 [EXTENDED] /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service → /lib/systemd/system/systemd-timesyncd.service.d/disable-with-time-daemon.conf
 [EXTENDED] /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service → /lib/systemd/system/display-manager.service.d/xdiagnose.conf

 3 overridden configuration files found.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/22/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3002
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P5W DH Deluxe
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3002:bd07/22/2010:svnASUSTEKCOMPUTERINC:pnP5WDHDeluxe:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5WDHDeluxe:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: P5W DH Deluxe
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

This is just cosmetical, it does not actually fail the postinst.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Fixed in http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-systemd/systemd.git/commit/?h=ubuntu&id=319831878e1e

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 229-3ubuntu2

---------------
systemd (229-3ubuntu2) xenial; urgency=medium

  * udev.postinst: Quiesce error message if /sys/class/net/eno* does not
    exist. (LP: #1560112)
  * Fix assertion crash when processing a (broken) device without a sysfs
    path. (Closes: #819290, LP: #1560695)
  * Fix crash when shutdown is issued from a non-tty. (LP: #1553040)
  * networkd: Stay running while any non-loopback interface is up.
    (Closes: #819414)
  * udev: Don't kill peer processes if we don't run in a cgroup. This happens
    when running under/upgrading from upstart. udevd and everything
    else run in the root hierarchy on all controllers then, and the alleged
    cleanup of "our" cgroup becomes a system-wide killing spree.
    (LP: #1555237)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 23:11:19 +0200