package tomcat8 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Jatin Chauhan]

There's a glitch in binaries.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: tomcat8 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-46.49-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-46-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
AptOrdering:
 libtomcat8-java:amd64: Install
 tomcat8-common:amd64: Install
 tomcat8:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 20 23:05:07 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-27 (23 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.4
SourcePackage: tomcat8
Title: package tomcat8 8.0.37-1ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-04-18 (2 days ago)

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi,
I see in your logs that Tomcat8 didn't start after the upgrade.
Was it starting before? Often misconfigured servers are around that people don't care/need anymore, but on package upgrade they show up as part of the upgrade process is to restart them.

I'd recommend to check the error log at: /var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out

Also it could be a dup of bug 1586054 - from there you could try the workaround to change the JDK provider as seen in comment #7 there.

I hope that helps you to get you going, please report back here.
Other than that there is not yet enough information in this bug to help you further (Details on the Error and steps to reproduce), so for now I'm marking it incomplete.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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