It seems like the issue is the following: There is a dependency loop mountall->udev->procps->initscripts->mountall. When apt tries to deal with it, it configures them all initially together, then it finds the "libplymouth4" dependency of mountall that is not unpacked yet and inserts the unpack at this point wich breaks the condition that all packages in the loop need to be unpacked at the same time.
Unpacking mountall:i386 to avoid loop initscripts:i386 Depends on mountall [ i386 ] < 2.53 -> 2.54build1 > ( admin ) (>= 2.28) SmartUnPack mountall:i386 (replace version 2.53 with 2.54build1) immediately PreDepends order for mountall:i386 Found ok package dpkg:i386 SmartConfigure mountall:i386 (2.54build1) Unpacking udev:i386 to avoid loop mountall:i386 Depends on udev [ i386 ] < 204-10ubuntu1 -> 208-6ubuntu2 > ( admin ) SmartUnPack udev:i386 (replace version 204-10ubuntu1 with 208-6ubuntu2) immediately PreDepends order for udev:i386 Found ok package debconf:i386 SmartConfigure udev:i386 (208-6ubuntu2) Unpacking procps:i386 to avoid loop udev:i386 Depends on procps [ i386 ] < 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2 -> 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu5 > ( admin ) SmartUnPack procps:i386 (replace version 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2 with 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu5) immediately SmartConfigure procps:i386 (1:3.3.9-1ubuntu5) Unpacking libprocps3:i386 to avoid loop procps:i386 Depends on libprocps3 [ i386 ] < 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2 -> 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu5 > ( libs ) SmartUnPack libprocps3:i386 (replace version 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2 with 1:3.3.9-1ubuntu5) immediately PreDepends order for libprocps3:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:i386 SmartConfigure libprocps3:i386 (1:3.3.9-1ubuntu5) Configure already unpacked initscripts [ i386 ] < 2.88dsf-41ubuntu6 -> 2.88dsf-41ubuntu16 > ( admin ) SmartConfigure initscripts:i386 (2.88dsf-41ubuntu16) (Only Correct Dependencies) Configure already unpacked initscripts [ i386 ] < 2.88dsf-41ubuntu6 -> 2.88dsf-41ubuntu16 > ( admin ) SmartConfigure initscripts:i386 (2.88dsf-41ubuntu16) (Only Correct Dependencies) Unpacking libplymouth4:i386 to avoid loop mountall:i386 Depends on libplymouth4 [ i386 ] < none -> 0.9.0-0ubuntu2 > ( libs ) (>= 0.8.1-3) SmartUnPack libplymouth4:i386 (install version 0.9.0-0ubuntu2) immediately PreDepends order for libplymouth4:i386 Found ok package multiarch-support:i386 SmartConfigure libplymouth4:i386 (0.9.0-0ubuntu2) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1347721 Title: Saucy -> Trusty upgrade failed: procps fails to configure Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Test Case: 1. Install Saucy + the task ubuntu-dekstop^ 2. Upgrade with do-release-upgrade Result: Upgrade fails with: Setting up libprocps3:i386 (1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of procps: procps depends on initscripts; however: Package initscripts is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package procps (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured == Original Description == I'm just performing 14.04.1 pre-release testing and decided to try a Saucy -> Trusty upgrade even though Saucy recently reached EOL. I'd expected to be told no upgrade was available (or was impossible) early in the process if it were not possible at this point in time but the upgrade appeared to be in progress until the attached warning appeared (I'd guess about half-way into the upgrade process based on lapsed time) . No idea what will happen on reboot so I wanted to file this prior to reboot. I'll follow up later. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-26.45-generic 3.11.10.12 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-26-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: i386 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Wed Jul 23 09:03:39 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-17 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131015) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-07-23 (0 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1347721/+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