package systemd-sysv 229-4ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: pre-dependency problem - not installing systemd-sysv

[Olle Hallin]

Doing a normal upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 LTS.

Upgrade of systemd-sysv failed, causing all kinds of trouble for many following packages, I had to click OK at least 30 times.

Eventually the upgrade was aborted, with a message that the machine might be in an unusable state.

I tried to run update-manager again. It just said that the machine needs to be rebooted, which I did.

The machine reboots OK, but when logging in there is a popup about an error in the operating system.

When trying to report that, Apport crashed.

apt-get upgrade says everything is up-to-date.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: systemd-sysv 229-4ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 22 07:24:49 2016
ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing systemd-sysv
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-07 (1414 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: systemd
Title: package systemd-sysv 229-4ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: pre-dependency problem - not installing systemd-sysv
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-22 (0 days ago)

[Olle Hallin (olle-hallin)]

One more thing:

Synaptic reports every package to be manually installed.

See attached screen shot (in swedish, but I believe you understand anyway ;))

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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