Package: docker.io Version: 1.13.1~ds1-2 Followup-For: Bug #864377 Well, perhaps. The problem is that I can reproduce this on a fresh system installation by just triggering a reinstall:
rharwood@seton:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall docker.io The following packages will be REINSTALLED: docker.io 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/11.0 MB of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. (Reading database ... 309020 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../docker.io_1.13.1~ds1-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking docker.io (1.13.1~ds1-2) over (1.13.1~ds1-2) ... Setting up docker.io (1.13.1~ds1-2) ... [....] Starting Docker: dockerinvoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package docker.io (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for systemd (233-9) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: docker.io E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Setting up docker.io (1.13.1~ds1-2) ... [....] Starting Docker: dockerinvoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing package docker.io (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: docker.io Note that I haven't done any configuration or anything here, just installed the package and then asked for a reinstall. Thanks, --Robbie -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing-debug APT policy: (600, 'testing-debug'), (600, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable-debug'), (400, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental-debug'), (200, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.11.0-1-rt-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages docker.io depends on: ii adduser 3.115 ii containerd 0.2.3+git20170126.85.aa8187d~ds1-1 ii golang-libnetwork 0.8.0-dev.2+git20170202.599.45b4086-1 ii init-system-helpers 1.48 ii iptables 1.6.1-2 ii libapparmor1 2.11.0-6 ii libc6 2.24-12 ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.137-2+b1 ii libsqlite3-0 3.16.2-5 ii libsystemd0 233-9 ii lsb-base 9.20161125 ii runc 1.0.0~rc2+git20170201.133.9df8b30-2 Versions of packages docker.io recommends: ii ca-certificates 20161130+nmu1 ii cgroupfs-mount 1.4 ii git 1:2.13.2-3 ii xz-utils 5.2.2-1.2+b1 Versions of packages docker.io suggests: pn aufs-tools <none> pn btrfs-progs <none> pn debootstrap <none> pn docker-doc <none> pn rinse <none> pn zfs-fuse | zfsutils <none> -- no debconf information