While that's good for your system :-) I'm afraid I still understand what went wrong initially in the first place. Calling the postinsts manually should be very close to what actually happens during apt-get. It seems reasonably clear that it was invoke-rc.d complaining about symlinks, so it seems at that time there was something wrong about them which a subsequent invocation of the postinst fixed. So we don't have any evidence about what went wrong any more :-/
If you manage to get this situation again (on a different system perhaps), could you please immediately capture "ls -l /etc/rcS.d/*udev*"? Thanks! ** Package changed: systemd (Ubuntu) => sysvinit (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sysvinit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1406735 Title: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102 Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: A few weeks ago I installed Ubuntu 10.10 server with the addition of the xubuntu-desktop packages. Everything started out alright until i tried to install sendmail in place of postfix. That installaton failed, reporting a similar error: "subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102" From there, things went from bad to worse. I was now unable to finish the install of sendmail nor could I remove it fully and reinstall postfix. Spamassassin seemed to be one critical package that hept reporting errors. As I tried to install or remove packages using synaptic, the system most of the time refused to act due to dascading errors and partially removed packages that could not be removed, even by force. Today I threw up my hands and did a complete fresh install of the system. Everything went well for the basic packages until I ran software updater. A few packages were scheduled to be updated, including udev and it has now faild in the exact same manner. Could someone look at this and provide a quick reply as to what can be done to rectify this situation. I am afraid to install or remove any other software for fear of corrupting the system further and I currently do not have a usable system. Let me know if additional information is required. Thanks. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.38-generic 3.16.7-ckt1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CustomUdevRuleFiles: .70-persistent-net.rules Date: Wed Dec 31 01:40:11 2014 DuplicateSignature: package:udev:208-8ubuntu8.1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-31 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2) MachineType: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z9PE-D8 WS ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-28-generic root=UUID=d7121d57-8cf9-42a5-b7c3-75f414ce3e09 ro nomdmonddf nomdmonisw SourcePackage: systemd Title: package udev 208-8ubuntu8.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 102 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/06/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 5503 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: Z9PE-D8 WS dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: 1.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 17 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr5503:bd05/06/2014:svnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:pnZ9PE-D8WS:pvr1.0x:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnZ9PE-D8WS:rvr1.0x:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct17:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: Z9PE-D8 WS dmi.product.version: 1.0x dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/1406735/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp