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

Bug #1574001 reported by Simon Bloxhim on 2016-04-23

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1560797: apt does not configure Pre-Depends: before depending package. Edit Remove

This bug affects 13 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	systemd (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Very, very messy upgrade.

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 i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 23 00:35:33 2016
ErrorMessage: pre-dependency problem - not installing systemd-sysv
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-25 (941 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
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 2016-04-23 (0 days ago)

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Simon Bloxhim (simonbloxham) wrote on 2016-04-23:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (108.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (463 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (69.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (116.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (843 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (63.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2016-04-23

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2016-04-23:

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

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Sigve Indregard (sigve-t) wrote on 2016-04-24:

Experienced the same problem when upgrading from 15.10. Had to do apt-get install -f systemd to force the upgrade from 225-1ubuntu9.1 to 229-4ubuntu4 (of systemd and systemd-sysv).