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package util-linux 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Bug #1658284 reported by David Newey on 2017-01-21

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1385817: initscripts package fails to upgrade if there are local init scripts on the system with no LSB headers. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	util-linux (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Just did latest software update and failure message popped up!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: util-linux 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-92.139-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-92-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Jan 21 07:32:19 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-03 (1478 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.18
SourcePackage: util-linux
Title: package util-linux 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-01 (172 days ago)

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David Newey (dgnew53) wrote on 2017-01-21:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (548 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (60.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (7.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (10.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (10.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (29.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2017-01-21

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-01-24:

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

Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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