Hi, Are you sure you still need these journals? Might be some nasty bug and my way to work around it would be to just delete those logs. I mean, it's kind of a hacky solution but I'm absolutely sure this allows the upgrade to continue.
Hope it's a viable solution to you, Tuxifan Am 28. September 2021 17:55:59 MESZ schrieb pe...@easthope.ca: >Hi, >Here the upgrade was completed except for the problem indicated in the >following transcript. > >This page appears relevant. >https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/systemd/systemd-journald.service.8.en.html > >/var/log/journal exists here. > >The command "systemd-tmpfiles --create --prefix /var/log/journal" gives >complaints similar to those in the transcript. > >Likely the solution is obvious once the problem is understood. What is >unsafe about the path transition? How is systemd journaling meant to >work? > >Thx, ... P. > >=============================== >root@joule:~# apt update >Hit:1 https://mirror.it.ubc.ca/debian bullseye InRelease >Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security InRelease >Reading package lists... Done >Building dependency tree... Done >Reading state information... Done >All packages are up to date. >root@joule:~# apt upgrade >Reading package lists... Done >Building dependency tree... Done >Reading state information... Done >Calculating upgrade... Done >0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >9 not fully installed or removed. >After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. >Do you want to continue? [Y/n] >Setting up systemd (247.3-6) ... >Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of >/var/log/journal. >Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of >/var/log/journal. >Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of >/var/log/journal. >Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of >/var/log/journal/82516769d28444b49bf2553c1a9d8b27. >Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of >/var/log/journal/82516769d28444b49bf2553c1a9d8b27. >Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of >/var/log/journal/82516769d28444b49bf2553c1a9d8b27. >Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of >/var/log/journal/82516769d28444b49bf2553c1a9d8b27/system.journal. >Detected unsafe path transition / -> /var during canonicalization of >/var/log/journal/82516769d28444b49bf2553c1a9d8b27/system.journal. >dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure): > installed systemd package post-installation script subprocess returned error > exit status 73 >dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:i386: > libpam-systemd:i386 depends on systemd (= 247.3-6); however: > Package systemd is not configured yet. > >dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:i386 (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1: > policykit-1 depends on default-logind | logind; however: > Package default-logind is not installed. > Package libpam-systemd:i386 which provides default-logind is not configured > yet. > Package logind is not installed. > Package libpam-systemd:i386 which provides logind is not configured yet. > >dpkg: error processing package policykit-1 (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of policykit-1-gnome: > policykit-1-gnome depends on policykit-1; however: > Package policykit-1 is not configured yet. > >dpkg: error processing package policykit-1-gnome (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth: > plymouth depends on systemd (>= 232-8~); however: > Package systemd is not configured yet. > >dpkg: error processing package plymouth (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mate-polkit:i386: > mate-polkit:i386 depends on policykit-1; however: > Package policykit-1 is not configured yet. > >dpkg: error processing package mate-polkit:i386 (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lxpolkit: > lxpolkit depends on policykit-1; however: > Package policykit-1 is not configured yet. > >dpkg: error processing package lxpolkit (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of modemmanager: > modemmanager depends on policykit-1; however: > Package policykit-1 is not configured yet. > >dpkg: error processing package modemmanager (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of plymouth-label: > plymouth-label depends on plymouth (= 0.9.5-3); however: > Package plymouth is not configured yet. > >dpkg: error processing package plymouth-label (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >Errors were encountered while processing: > systemd > libpam-systemd:i386 > policykit-1 > policykit-1-gnome > plymouth > mate-polkit:i386 > lxpolkit > modemmanager > plymouth-label >E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >root@joule:~# >=============================== > >-- >48.7693 N 123.3053 W >mobile: +1 778 951 5147 > VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 >
