On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 08:55:59AM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > 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.
What does it look like? ls -ld / /var /var/log /var/log/journal > 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? > 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 <https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/11282> suggests an ownership misconfiguration could be responsible. Thus, seeing the output of the ls command may help.
