upgrade to 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1 fails on ubuntu server
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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openssh (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
This package upgrade failure has occurred on multiple machines, with the same error on each machine. All affected machines are running Upstart (upstart-sysv) as /sbin/init. The package installed/updated successfully on a machine running Systemd (systemd-sysv) as /sbin/init.
$ sudo apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Setting up openssh-server (1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1) ...
start: Job failed to start
invoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing package openssh-server (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
openssh-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: openssh-server 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 10 11:51:58 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-04 (249 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
SourcePackage: openssh
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-04 (5 days ago)
description: | updated |
I had no problems installing the upgraded packages after switching from upstart-sysv to systemd-sysv on the affected machines.