[Bug 1693056] Re: do-release-upgrade hangs at The user 'syslog' is already a member of 'adm' every single time

[Benedikt Tröster]

Ok, I got it:
1. purge rsyslog with: "sudo apt purge rsyslog"
2. Install the new distro with either "sudo apt dist-upgrade" or "do-release-upgrade"
3. I had one error in the first run of do-release-upgrade, I just re-ran it and now it went through and I'm on 17.04...profit?

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Title:
   do-release-upgrade hangs at The user 'syslog' is already a member of
  'adm' every single time

Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Uuntu 15.10

  > $ sudo apt-cache policy rsyslog

  > rsyslog:
  >   Installed: 8.12.0-1ubuntu2
  >   Candidate: 8.12.0-1ubuntu2
  >   Version table:
  >  *** 8.12.0-1ubuntu2 0
  >         500 http://ubuntu-archive.mirror.serveriai.lt/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
  >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  
  Whenever I try to run any command that is to reinstall/fix rsylog or try to upgrade my Ubuntu server (by running `do-release-upgrade`) it ends in:

  > Reading cache
  > 
  > Checking package manager
  > 
  > Setting up rsyslog (8.12.0-1ubuntu2)  ...

  > The user 'syslog' is already a member of 'adm'.

  Because of this I am locked on **Ubuntu 15.10**.

  **Note**: I started getting this error after I upgraded from `15.04`
  when system was setting up after upgrade to `15.10`. I was asked to
  choose version and it said `N` for default or existing version and I
  went for it.

  What I expect: To peacefully upgrade my VPS Ubuntu version to 16.04.

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