invoke-rc.d needs systemd support

[dino99]

Utopic updates (i386)

get a broken package while trying to upgrade 0.2.25 -> 0.2.26

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/whoopsie_0.2.26_i386.deb: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 5

Preparing to unpack .../whoopsie_0.2.26_i386.deb ...
Failed to issue method call: Unit whoopsie.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript whoopsie, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 5
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Failed to issue method call: Unit whoopsie.service not loaded.
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/whoopsie_0.2.26_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 5
Failed to issue method call: Unit whoopsie.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status whoopsie.service' for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript whoopsie, action "start" failed.

cleaning /var/cache ... or trying to purge or downgrade it also fail.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

This is fixed with the generic systemd support addition to invoke-rc.d: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/2.88dsf-41ubuntu8

Unfortunately this is stuck in -proposed, we need to nudge this a bit.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

As a workaround, do dist-upgrades under upstart for now and then boot back to systemd.

[dino99 (9d9)]

sysvinit (2.88dsf-41ubuntu10) utopic; is now installed, but whoopsie is still broken.
(continue upgrading without reboot, as its not a show stopper)

[dino99 (9d9)]

Feedback:

As new updates was not upgradable due to the whoopsie lock, i've forced its removal:

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/whoopsie.prerm
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq whoopsie

Then whoopsie 0.2.26 has been reinstalled witout problem; and the other packages have been upgraded as usual.

So that problem is fixed after that tweak.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

sysvinit (2.88dsf-41ubuntu8) utopic; urgency=medium

  * Backport systemd support for service and invoke-rc.d from current Debian
    version, to fix package install/upgrade failures when running with
    systemd.

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 12 May 2014 08:55:08 +0200