package initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Richard Icare]

update manager came up with this error when installing the updates

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic-pae 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu11
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 14 20:08:56 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: sysvinit
Title: package initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The error in the logs is:

Setting up initscripts (2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1) ...
update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/ondemand: file does not exist
dpkg: error processing initscripts (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initscripts

This is not a bug in the package, but a local error (/etc/init.d/ondemand has been removed when it should not have been).

I'm assuming you're no longer affected by this issue, 9 months after it was reported; but in case you are, you would fix this by running dpkg with the --force-confmiss argument, to restore the missing file.

[HibikiTaisuna (stefan-weiberg)]

This error still exists for me. I wanted to install initscripts 2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1 as a dependency for a package in a Docker environment. An apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confmiss" install --reinstall initscripts didn't work for me.

[HibikiTaisuna (stefan-weiberg)]

Just for completion of my comment the error message of the apt-get install:

Setting up initscripts (2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu11.1) ...
mount: permission denied
dpkg: error processing initscripts (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Setting up plymouth (0.8.2-2ubuntu31.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initscripts
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[HibikiTaisuna (stefan-weiberg)]

I just tested the installation in chroot instead of Docker and it works there. Seems to be a problem with the container visualization.