[Bug 1871176] Re: package lvm2 2.03.07-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Brett Holman]

Also experienced on an lxd vm when lvm2 is uninstalled and subsequently
reinstalled.

root at cloudinit-0721-232304wnvzml11:~# apt install lvm2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
lvm2 is already the newest version (2.03.07-1ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up lvm2 (2.03.07-1ubuntu1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Failed to restart lvm2-lvmpolld.service: Unit lvm2-lvmpolld.socket is masked.
invoke-rc.d: initscript lvm2-lvmpolld, action "restart" failed.
● lvm2-lvmpolld.service - LVM2 poll daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmpolld.service; static; vendor p
reset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
       Docs: man:lvmpolld(8)
dpkg: error processing package lvm2 (--configure):
 installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit 
status 1
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.7) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-1071-kvm
W: mkconf: MD subsystem is not loaded, thus I cannot scan for arrays.
W: mdadm: failed to auto-generate temporary mdadm.conf file.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 lvm2
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
root at cloudinit-0721-232304wnvzml11:~# echo $?
100

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Title:
  package lvm2 2.03.07-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: installed
  lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit
  status 1

Status in lvm2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  hayden at t470s:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-boxes
  [sudo] password for hayden: 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  gnome-boxes is already the newest version (3.36.2-1).
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
  Setting up lvm2 (2.03.07-1ubuntu1) ...
  update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
  Failed to restart lvm2-lvmpolld.service: Unit lvm2-lvmpolld.socket is masked.
  invoke-rc.d: initscript lvm2-lvmpolld, action "restart" failed.
  ● lvm2-lvmpolld.service - LVM2 poll daemon
       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmpolld.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
       Active: active (exited) since Mon 2020-04-06 09:33:50 EDT; 4h 10min ago
         Docs: man:lvmpolld(8)
        Tasks: 0 (limit: 23811)
       Memory: 0B
       CGroup: /system.slice/lvm2-lvmpolld.service

  Apr 06 09:33:50 t470s systemd[1]: Starting LSB: LVM2 poll daemon...
  Apr 06 09:33:50 t470s systemd[1]: Started LSB: LVM2 poll daemon.
  dpkg: error processing package lvm2 (--configure):
   installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu2) ...
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-21-generic
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   lvm2
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: lvm2 2.03.07-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu24
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Apr  6 13:38:10 2020
  ErrorMessage: installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
  PythonDetails: N/A
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
   apt  2.0.1
  SourcePackage: lvm2
  Title: package lvm2 2.03.07-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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