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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote : Error on startup: “Element <standard_system_servicedirs> not allowed”

Binary package hint: dbus

Setting up dbus (1.1.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/dbus-1/system.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/dbus ...
The user `messagebus' already exists. Exiting.
 * Reloading system message bus config...
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: Element <standard_system_servicedirs> not allowed inside <busconfig> in configuration file
invoke-rc.d: initscript dbus, action "reload" failed.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/dbus reload
 * Reloading system message bus config...
Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Failed: Element <standard_system_servicedirs> not allowed inside <busconfig> in configuration file

My conffiles have not been modified from the defaults (according to md5sums from `dpkg-query -f '${Conffiles}\n' -W dbus`).