Comment 3 for bug 1615281

Hi Steve,

/usr/share/perl is not present on my machine. I never did anything special
with the perl installation, in fact, I never directly use perl. I am doing
a complete reinstall of perl to see if that fixes the problem.

Thanks,

Greg

On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 11:50 PM Steve Langasek <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> 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?
>
> ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
> package initscripts 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
> subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
> status 2
>
> Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Simply upgrading from 15.10 to 16.04.
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: initscripts 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
> Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Sat Aug 20 12:56:57 2016
> DuplicateSignature: package:initscripts:2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2:subprocess
> installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 2
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-05 (381 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422)
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
> apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
> SourcePackage: sysvinit
> Title: package initscripts 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2 failed to
> install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
> error exit status 2
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-20 (0 days ago)
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