package resolvconf 1.77ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Theron Muller]

Error occurred when upgrading from 14.10 using do-release-upgrade

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: resolvconf 1.77ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx wl
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
AptOrdering:
 resolvconf: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Feb 14 07:44:50 2016
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Setting up resolvconf (1.77ubuntu1) ...
 Processing triggers for resolvconf (1.77ubuntu1) ...
 resolvconf: Error: /run/resolvconf/interface either does not exist or is not a directory
 dpkg: error processing package resolvconf (--configure):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
DuplicateSignature: package:resolvconf:1.77ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-07-27 (1296 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.2ubuntu5.1
 apt 1.0.10.2ubuntu1
SourcePackage: resolvconf
Title: package resolvconf 1.77ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-02-13 (0 days ago)

[Theron Muller (theron)]

A round of dpkg reconfigure after reboot resolved the problem.

[Bruce Dudek (bd4465)]

When I tried to do the dpkg reconfigure I received an error about ubuntu-minimal. I ran sudo apt-get --reinstall ubuntu-minimal and apt-get also reinstalled resolvconf on it's own. That was the fix that worked for me.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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