dist-upgrade: resolvconf 1.63ubuntu9 postinst fails with "start: Unknown job: resolvconf"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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resolvconf (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Was running a dist-upgrade on a permanent USB.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: resolvconf 1.63ubuntu9
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.306
Date: Mon Mar 5 22:47:35 2012
DuplicateSignature:
Setting up resolvconf (1.63ubuntu9) ...
start: Unknown job: resolvconf
invoke-rc.d: initscript resolvconf, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing resolvconf (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: resolvconf
Title: package resolvconf 1.63ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
tags: | removed: need-duplicate-check |
summary: |
- package resolvconf 1.63ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess - installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 + dist-upgrade: resolvconf 1.63ubuntu9 postinst fails with "start: Unknown + job: resolvconf" |
The unknown job message in this case is most likely because upstart didn't see the job appearing because of the use of overlayfs.
Marking this as a duplicate of the overlayfs bug.
Running "initctl reload- configuration" then running apt-get should fix your system in the mean time.