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failed to install/upgrade: installed systemd-shim package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2

Bug #1805063 reported by James Brammer on 2018-11-26

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1773859: Upgrades to 18.04 fail due to systemd-shim. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	systemd (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Im not sure where the bug may have come from...it came with the new update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: systemd-sysv 237-3ubuntu10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 24 10:50:14 2018
ErrorMessage: installed systemd-shim package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-13 (2052 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.04
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
apt 1.6.6
SourcePackage: systemd
Title: package systemd-sysv 237-3ubuntu10.10 failed to install/upgrade: installed systemd-shim package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-11-26 (0 days ago)

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James Brammer (bramzx5) wrote on 2018-11-26:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (125.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (530 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (60.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (280.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.gz Edit (66.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Mike Salvatore (mikesalvatore) wrote on 2018-11-26: Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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Private Security → Public

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2019-01-02: Re: package systemd-sysv 237-3ubuntu10.10 failed to install/upgrade: installed systemd-shim package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 2

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

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2020-02-03

summary:

- package systemd-sysv 237-3ubuntu10.10 failed to install/upgrade:
- installed systemd-shim package post-removal script subprocess returned
- error exit status 2
+ failed to install/upgrade: installed systemd-shim package post-removal
+ script subprocess returned error exit status 2

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Henk Poley (henkpoley) wrote on 2020-04-25:

This is probably the same as this "fixed" (but not) issue: #1773859

There are fixes mentioned at the end: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd-shim/+bug/1773859/comments/69