package util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[joemcguire53]

package util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
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nwanted@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
unwanted@ubuntu:~$ ^C
unwanted@u

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 25 09:54:35 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:util-linux:2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-26 (729 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: util-linux
Title: package util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-25 (243 days ago)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

update-alternatives: error: cannot append to '/usr/local/var/log/alternatives.log': No such file or directory

This is certainly very strange and nothing that Ubuntu itself configures. Is your /var or /var/log/ a symlink or bind mount of some sort?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for util-linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]