[Bug 1389179] Re: Could not install sysv-rc

[Bruce Wolfe]

Brian for this machine, I was able to fix the issue by removing each
conflicting item from /etc/init.d/. I thought I updated the bug report to
reflect that with a link to the thread that helped me.

But on my work machine, the upgrade didn't automatically appear. I used
do-release-upgrade -d and now that machine is completely destroyed. I
cannot even get it to drop into recovery mode.

This upgrade has been the worst by far of all the LTS.

This is a very serious reliability issue especially that I am too concerned
to do upgrades on all the other machines in the office. If this forces me
to have to take out paid tech support from Canonical it will be a very
serious matter considering costs incurred by force caused by product defect
created for public consumption. I'm am hedging revealing this issue to my
supervisor until I see some real fixes that will make the upgrade work.

In addition, if this becomes a trust issue that would cause additional work
hours to go back to testing upgrades before deployment, we will have to
seriously consider a different distribution.

I am very sorry to have to be so direct in this way. We've trusted Ubuntu
for 7 years.

Yours,
Bruce Wolfe
On Nov 5, 2014 9:10 AM, "Brian Murray" <brian at ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> Title:
>   Could not install sysv-rc
>
> Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   Error message as follows: "subprocess installed post-installation
>   script returned error exit status 1" on
>
>   1. Ubuntu 14.10
>
>   2. apt-cache policy sysv-rc
>   sysv-rc:
>     Installed: 2.88dsf-41ubuntu18
>     Candidate: 2.88dsf-41ubuntu18
>     Version table:
>    *** 2.88dsf-41ubuntu18 0
>           500 http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64
> Packages
>           100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
>   3. Install cleanly
>
>   4. Error
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Title:
  Could not install sysv-rc

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Error message as follows: "subprocess installed post-installation
  script returned error exit status 1" on

  1. Ubuntu 14.10

  2. apt-cache policy sysv-rc
  sysv-rc:
    Installed: 2.88dsf-41ubuntu18
    Candidate: 2.88dsf-41ubuntu18
    Version table:
   *** 2.88dsf-41ubuntu18 0
          500 http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3. Install cleanly

  4. Error

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