during do-release-upgrade... package xen-utils-common 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Sion Graham]

running do-release-upgrade from ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS threw up some errors with xen packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xen-utils-common 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-107.154-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-107-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 17 15:50:33 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-25 (692 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.18
SourcePackage: xen
Title: package xen-utils-common 4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-01-17 (0 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.default.xendomains: 2015-02-25T16:28:19
mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.xendomains: 2015-02-25T16:45:29
mtime.conffile..etc.xen.scripts.block-drbd-probe: 2015-02-25T16:28:19
mtime.conffile..etc.xen.scripts.hotplugpath.sh: 2015-02-25T16:46:54
mtime.conffile..etc.xen.scripts.qemu-ifup: 2015-02-25T16:54:12
mtime.conffile..etc.xen.scripts.vif-common.sh: 2015-02-25T16:28:19
mtime.conffile..etc.xen.scripts.xen-hotplug-common.sh: 2015-02-25T16:45:29
mtime.conffile..etc.xen.xend-config.sxp: 2015-03-12T08:29:45.355951

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for your report.

This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu. You appear have customized configuration files and it looks like these customizations need to be updated for Xen to be able to continue to function in 16.04.

You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than configuration problems, I'm marking this bug as Invalid. This helps us to focus on fixing bugs in Ubuntu.

If you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.