This bug appears to have been fixed in 8.32.0-1ubuntu4. Looks like this
was an issue with the Apparmor profile.
rsyslog (8.32.0-1ubuntu4) bionic; urgency=medium
[ Jamie Strandboge ]
* debian/usr.sbin.rsyslogd: updates for bionic (LP: #1766600)
- allow rsyslog modules in multiarch directories
- allow writing temporary pidfile
[ Dimitri John Ledkov ]
* Tolerate installing rsyslog, on systems without systemd installed. LP:
#1766574
-- Dimitri John Ledkov <x...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 24 Apr 2018 15:47:41
+0100
If anyone is still seeing this issue, please re-open.
** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766317
Title:
package rsyslog 8.32.0-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: installed
rsyslog package post-installation script subprocess returned error
exit status 1
Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Setting up rsyslog (8.32.0-1ubuntu3) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/rsyslog ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/rsyslog.conf ...
The user `syslog' is already a member of `adm'.
Job for rsyslog.service failed because the control process exited with error
code.
See "systemctl status rsyslog.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript rsyslog, action "restart" failed.
● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2018-04-23
19:40:06 CEST; 8ms ago
Docs: man:rsyslogd(8)
http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/
Process: 31888 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 31888 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
dpkg: error processing package rsyslog (--configure):
installed rsyslog package post-installation script subprocess returned error
exit status 1
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: rsyslog 8.32.0-1ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 4.16.3-041603-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Apr 23 19:40:06 2018
ErrorMessage: installed rsyslog package post-installation script subprocess
returned error exit status 1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal,
2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
apt 1.6.1
SourcePackage: rsyslog
Title: package rsyslog 8.32.0-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: installed
rsyslog package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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