package makedev 2.3.1-97 failed to install/upgrade: installed makedev package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Max Schröder]

I got this error twice so far while upgrading 22.04 VMs to 23.10 (want to go to 24.04) on the command line (do-release-upgrade).

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.10
Package: makedev 2.3.1-97
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-1061.66-kvm 5.15.152
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-1061-kvm x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Mon Jul 15 10:44:23 2024
ErrorMessage: installed makedev package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.11, Python 3.11.6, python3-minimal, 3.11.4-5
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.22.0ubuntu1.1
 apt 2.7.3ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: makedev
Title: package makedev 2.3.1-97 failed to install/upgrade: installed makedev package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to mantic on 2024-07-15 (0 days ago)