package lxc 1.1.4-0ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Nick Moffitt]

A dist-upgrade failed in the maintainer scripts while trying to restart the lxc networking, I think:

Reading package lists... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-image-3.19.0-31-generic{a} linux-image-extra-3.19.0-31-generic{a}
  linux-signed-image-3.19.0-31-generic{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  juju juju-core juju-local liblxc1 linux-image-generic linux-libc-dev linux-signed-image-generic
  lxc lxc-templates mutt python3-lxc
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  citadel-mta courier-mta dma dma:i386 esmtp-run exim4-daemon-heavy exim4-daemon-light
  lsb-invalid-mta masqmail msmtp-mta nullmailer opensmtpd postfix qmail-run sendmail-bin ssmtp
  xmail
11 packages upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/90.5 MB of archives. After unpacking 259 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
(Reading database ... 357199 files and directories currently installed.)
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Unpacking juju-local (1.24.6-0ubuntu1~15.04.1) over (1.23.2-0ubuntu1~14.10.1~juju1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.6) ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+15.04.20150202-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ...
Setting up liblxc1 (1.1.4-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up python3-lxc (1.1.4-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up lxc (1.1.4-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/apparmor.d/lxc/lxc-default-with-nesting ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/bash_completion.d/lxc ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/lxc.conf ...
Job for lxc-net.service failed. See "systemctl status lxc-net.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript lxc-net, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package lxc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lxc-templates:
 lxc-templates depends on lxc (>= 0.8.0~rc1-4ubuntu43); however:
  Package lxc is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package lxc-templates (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-image-3.19.0-31-generic (3.19.0-31.36) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
      Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-31-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-30-generic
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done
Setting up linux-image-extra-3.19.0-31-generic (3.19.0-31.36) ...
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/unattended-upgrades 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.19.0-31-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-31-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-30-generic
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done
Setting up linux-image-generic (3.19.0.31.30) ...
Setting up linux-libc-dev:amd64 (3.19.0-31.36) ...
Setting up linux-signed-image-3.19.0-31-generic (3.19.0-31.36) ...
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-31-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-31-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-30-generic
Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
done
Setting up linux-signed-image-generic (3.19.0.31.30) ...
Setting up mutt (1.5.23-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up juju-core (1.24.6-0ubuntu1~15.04.1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/juju-1.24.6/bin/juju to provide /usr/bin/juju (juju) in auto mode
Setting up juju (1.24.6-0ubuntu1~15.04.1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of juju-local:
 juju-local depends on lxc (>= 1.0.0~alpha1-0ubuntu14); however:
  Package lxc is not configured yet.
 juju-local depends on lxc-templates; however:
  Package lxc-templates is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package juju-local (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
      Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 lxc
 lxc-templates
 juju-local
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Failed to perform requested operation on package. Trying to recover:
Setting up lxc (1.1.4-0ubuntu0.1) ...
Job for lxc-net.service failed. See "systemctl status lxc-net.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript lxc-net, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package lxc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lxc-templates:
 lxc-templates depends on lxc (>= 0.8.0~rc1-4ubuntu43); however:
  Package lxc is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package lxc-templates (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of juju-local:
 juju-local depends on lxc (>= 1.0.0~alpha1-0ubuntu14); however:
  Package lxc is not configured yet.
 juju-local depends on lxc-templates; however:
  Package lxc-templates is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package juju-local (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 lxc
 lxc-templates
 juju-local

Current status: 0 updates [-11].

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: lxc 1.1.4-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-30.34-generic 3.19.8-ckt6
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 9 11:56:01 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:lxc:1.1.4-0ubuntu0.1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-29 (497 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic.efi.signed root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: lxc
Title: package lxc 1.1.4-0ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-05-05 (156 days ago)
defaults.conf:
 lxc.network.type = veth
 lxc.network.link = lxcbr0
 lxc.network.flags = up
 lxc.network.hwaddr = 00:16:3e:xx:xx:xx

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

Hi,

What does manually calling: "sudo /usr/lib/x864_64-linux-gnu/lxc/lxc-net start" get you?

[Stuart Bishop (stub)]

Is this Bug #1490110 ?

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

Maybe, it's kinda hard to tell as the needed information isn't present in either bug report.

[Nick Moffitt (nick-moffitt)]

I was hitting problems with lxc on just normal package upgrades in vivid earlier, but I was able to dpkg --configure -a this problem away and finish out the release upgrade by hand (apt-get dist-upgrade (noop), apt-get autoremove, reboot)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

fwiw i don't think this is bug 1490110 because the signature is different - there is complaint about the sysv job not being there.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Actually the most telling sign in the logs here is

Oct 09 11:56:42 quelbo lxc-net[23366]: lxc-net is already running

If someone can reproduce this again, please attach the same information Nick had assigned in addition to 'ifconfig -a' and 'systemctl -u lxc-net' output.

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

(marking incomplete as we need more information to debug, but we've lost the reproducer)

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

This may be related to the lxc-net ordering issue somehow. 1.1.5 does contain a change in that unit so I'll tentatively mark it as fixed by that upload, let me know if this happens again and we'll dig deeper.

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Nick, or anyone else affected,

Accepted lxc into vivid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/1.1.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Nick, or anyone else affected,

Accepted lxc into vivid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/1.1.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package lxc - 1.1.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.3

---------------
lxc (1.1.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.3) vivid-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Cherry-pick from upstream:
    - Fix preserve_ns to work on < 3.8 kernels. (LP: #1516971)
    - Fix process title rewrite to not mangle the environment. (LP: #1517107)

lxc (1.1.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.2) vivid-proposed; urgency=medium

  * Cherry-pick from upstream:
    - Fix ubuntu-cloud template to detect compression algorithm instead
      of hardcoding xz. Also update list of supported releases and use trusty
      as the fallback release. (LP: #1515463)
  * Update lxc-tests description to make it clear that this package is
    meant to be used by developers and by automated testing.

lxc (1.1.5-0ubuntu0.15.04.1) vivid-proposed; urgency=medium

  * New upstream bugfix release (MRE) (1.1.5)
    (LP: #1497420, LP: #1436723, LP: #1441068, LP: #1504496,
     LP: #1466458, LP: #1510619)
  * Drop proxy detection from the autopkgtest exercise script.

 -- Stéphane Graber <email address hidden> Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:41:23 -0500

[Stéphane Graber (stgraber)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for lxc has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.