Same problem here on 14.04.2, Andrei's comment did not help either: root@user:~# /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/rsyslog.postinst configure 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3 The user `syslog' is already a member of `adm'. /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper was not called from dpkg. Exiting. /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper was not called from dpkg. Exiting. /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper was not called from dpkg. Exiting. Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.sbin.rsyslogd invoke-rc.d: initscript rsyslog, action "restart" failed.
root@user:~# apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up rsyslog (7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5) ... The user `syslog' is already a member of `adm'. Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.sbin.rsyslogd invoke-rc.d: initscript rsyslog, action "restart" failed. dpkg: error processing package rsyslog (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: rsyslog E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1417037 Title: Upgrade to 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 hangs Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I've just ran an update+dist-upgrade which pulled 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5. It's sat there doing nothing. CTRL+C won't kill it. Htop shows that the last process to be created is "stop rsyslog" which follows "invoke-rc.d rsyslog restart". dpkg.log: 2015-02-02 09:39:10 configure rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 <none> 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status unpacked rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 2015-02-02 09:39:10 status half-configured rsyslog:amd64 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 I have KILLed "stop rsyslog" which then moves on to "start rsyslog" which I have also had to KILL. Setting up rsyslog (7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5) ... The user `syslog' is already a member of `adm'. Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.sbin.rsyslogd Terminated Terminated invoke-rc.d: initscript rsyslog, action "restart" failed. dpkg: error processing package rsyslog (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 143 Setting up linux-image-virtual-lts-utopic (3.16.0.30.23) ... Setting up linux-libc-dev:amd64 (3.13.0-45.74) ... Setting up python3-software-properties (0.92.37.3) ... Setting up software-properties-common (0.92.37.3) ... Errors were encountered while processing: rsyslog E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) W: Operation was interrupted before it could finish ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: rsyslog 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 2 09:43:26 2015 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: rsyslog UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/+bug/1417037/+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
