Public bug reported: This happened on an computer that was installed many years ago, and upgraded on each LTS version. When upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04.1, it started telling me that something wrong happened with sysv-rc, then that there were some "initscripts dependency problems" making it "leaving unconfigured". Then many packages were reported as incorrectly setup : procps, udev, initramfs, keyboard-configuration, console-setup, plymouth, cups, upower, gnome-session, gnome-shell, udisk, gvfs, software-center, mountall, upstart, etc.
After reading the log files, I found out that this was caused by insserv, reporting "insserv rejected the script header", coming from package virtuoso-nepomuk having an incorrect header in /etc/init.d : "missing end of LSB comment", "missing LSB tags and overrides". This package http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/database/virtuoso-nepomuk was existing on 12.04, but was removed afterwards. The latest version 6.1.4+dfsg1-0ubuntu1 indeed contains an incorrect header in /etc/init.d/virtuoso-nepomuk. I managed to solve the issue by adding the "END INIT INFO" in this file, like below : #! /bin/sh # # virtuoso OpenLink Virtuoso Open-Source Edition # # Written by OpenLink Virtuoso Maintainer # <vos.ad...@openlinksw.com> # # Version: @(#)virtuoso 6.1.4 25-Mar-2011 vos.ad...@openlinksw.com # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: virtuoso # Required-Start: $syslog # Required-Stop: $syslog # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Start Virtuoso database server on startup # Description: Start and stop the primary instance of Virtuoso running # in /var/lib/virtuoso/db/. The first time this runs, it loads the # Conductor administrative package. ### END INIT INFO Then a "sudo apt-get upgrade" allowed me to finish the installation successfully. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: sysv-rc 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Aug 5 11:21:42 2016 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-05-22 (2267 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429) PackageArchitecture: all RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1 SourcePackage: sysvinit Title: package sysv-rc 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-05 (0 days ago) ** Affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-package i386 xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1610241 Title: Failed upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 : package sysv-rc 2.88dsf-59.3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/1610241/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
