I'm seeing this same issue on a minimal Ubuntu/trusty chroot, where I deliberately didn't want initscripts and upstart installed. Using minimal chroots is very useful for running automated build infrastructure. The chroots can serve as stand-ins for full systems or VMs. Since the base system provides the whole system, including daemons, init, etc. the chroot does not need this stuff, and indeed it can get in the way.
This worked before, since I was able to set up this chroot a while back and use it. I think I set it up around Sept 2014. Here's the error: Setting up openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64.postinst: 18: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64.postinst: mountpoint: not found the java command requires a mounted proc fs (/proc). dpkg: error processing package openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-7-jre:amd64: openjdk-7-jre:amd64 depends on openjdk-7-jre-headless (= 7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1); however: Package openjdk-7-jre-headless:amd64 is not configured yet. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to util-linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307883 Title: ca-certificates-java misses runtime dependency on initscripts Status in ca-certificates-java package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in openjdk-7 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Jitsi build-depends on openjdk-7-jre but the package fails to install in pbuilder and thus I currently cannot build the package. Here is the output I get while I am logged in to the trusty chroot. # aptitude install default-jdk [...] E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Setting up ca-certificates-java (20130815ubuntu1) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/ca-certificates-java.postinst: line 90: mountpoint: command not found the keytool command requires a mounted proc fs (/proc). dpkg: error processing package ca-certificates-java (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386 (7u51-2.4.6-1ubuntu4) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386.postinst: 18: /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386.postinst: mountpoint: not found the java command requires a mounted proc fs (/proc). dpkg: error processing package openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Setting up default-jre-headless (2:1.7-51) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-7-jre:i386: openjdk-7-jre:i386 depends on openjdk-7-jre-headless (= 7u51-2.4.6-1ubuntu4); however: Package openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package openjdk-7-jre:i386 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up default-jre (2:1.7-51) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of openjdk-7-jdk:i386: openjdk-7-jdk:i386 depends on openjdk-7-jre (= 7u51-2.4.6-1ubuntu4); however: Package openjdk-7-jre:i386 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package openjdk-7-jdk:i386 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of default-jdk: default-jdk depends on openjdk-7-jdk (>= 7~u3-2.1.1); however: Package openjdk-7-jdk:i386 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package default-jdk (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for ca-certificates (20130906ubuntu2) ... Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs... 0 added, 0 removed; done. Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d.... /etc/ca-certificates/update.d/jks-keystore: 33: /etc/ca-certificates/update.d/jks-keystore: mountpoint: not found the keytool command requires a mounted proc fs (/proc). E: /etc/ca-certificates/update.d/jks-keystore exited with code 1. done. Errors were encountered while processing: ca-certificates-java openjdk-7-jre-headless:i386 openjdk-7-jre:i386 openjdk-7-jdk:i386 default-jdk # mount /proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime) tmpfs on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,relatime) /dev/pts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates-java/+bug/1307883/+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