That it is not new installs but old ones that fail to upgrade properly is intriguing. Let's get to the bottom of this!
> Is there any way I can force apt or dpkg to install it If you mean "... to install it (resolvconf) properly" then the answer is that you do "dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf" after upgrade. > nothing has broken for us besides that apt-get dist-upgrade fails on resolvconf Can you please post the error message and an exact description of the symptoms of the failure? Also, on some machine where you have reproduced the problem, run "apport-collect 1000244"; and make sure you include (the relevant part of) /var/log/apt/term.log. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000244 Title: Symlink /etc/resolv.conf does not exist after installation or upgrade of resolvconf -- various causes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1000244/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs