Comment 2 for bug 1615281

The error in the log is:

Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (you may need to install the strict module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl/5.20.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.20.2 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl5/5.20 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl/5.20 /usr/share/perl/5.20 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 6.
dpkg: error processing package initscripts (--configure):

The strict.pm module is part of the perl-base package, which is an Essential package. With perl-base 5.20.2-6ubuntu0.2 in 15.10, this is available at /usr/share/perl/5.20/strict.pm, which is part of the listed path.

This looks to me like a broken installation, rather than a bug in an Ubuntu package. What version of perl-base is installed at this system, and is /usr/share/perl/5.20/strict.pm present?