Public bug reported: I was testing a release upgrade from Trusty to Wily, since Vivid will be End of Life-ing soon, and ran into a catastrophic failure. Here is the end of /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log:
Setting up mount (2.26.2-6ubuntu3) ...^M (Reading database ... ^M(Reading database ... 5%^M(Reading database ... 10%^M(Reading database ... 15%^M(Reading database ... 20%^M(Reading database ... 25%^M(Reading database ... 30%^M(Reading database ... 35%^M(Reading database ... 40%^M(Reading database ... 45%^M(Reading database ... 50%^M(Reading database ... 55%^M(Reading database ... 60%^M(Reading database ... 65%^M(Reading database ... 70%^M(Reading database ... 75%^M(Reading database ... 80%^M(Reading database ... 85%^M(Reading database ... 90%^M(Reading database ... 95%^M(Reading database ... 100%^M(Reading database ... 568301 files and directories currently installed.)^M Preparing to unpack .../sysv-rc_2.88dsf-59.2ubuntu2_all.deb ...^M Unpacking sysv-rc (2.88dsf-59.2ubuntu2) over (2.88dsf-41ubuntu6.2) ...^M Preparing to unpack .../insserv_1.14.0-5ubuntu3_amd64.deb ...^M Unpacking insserv (1.14.0-5ubuntu3) over (1.14.0-5ubuntu2) ...^M Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...^M Setting up insserv (1.14.0-5ubuntu3) ...^M Setting up sysv-rc (2.88dsf-59.2ubuntu2) ...^M info: Reordering boot system, log to /var/lib/insserv/run-20160122T1444.log^M error: Something failed while migrating.^M ^M error: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot sequencing.^M ^M See http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot for^M more information about dependency based boot sequencing. To^M reattempt the migration process run 'dpkg --configure sysv-rc'.^M ^M dpkg: error processing package sysv-rc (--configure):^M subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1^M Log ended: 2016-01-22 14:44:09 /var/lib/insserver/run-blahdeblah contained the following: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sysv-rc.postinst: 60: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sysv- rc.postinst: insserv: not found ** Affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti) Status: New ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: dist-upgrade wily ** Tags added: dist-upgrade wily ** Also affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sysvinit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1537900 Title: release upgrade from Trusty to Wily failed due to sysvinit Status in sysvinit package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I was testing a release upgrade from Trusty to Wily, since Vivid will be End of Life-ing soon, and ran into a catastrophic failure. Here is the end of /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log: Setting up mount (2.26.2-6ubuntu3) ...^M (Reading database ... ^M(Reading database ... 5%^M(Reading database ... 10%^M(Reading database ... 15%^M(Reading database ... 20%^M(Reading database ... 25%^M(Reading database ... 30%^M(Reading database ... 35%^M(Reading database ... 40%^M(Reading database ... 45%^M(Reading database ... 50%^M(Reading database ... 55%^M(Reading database ... 60%^M(Reading database ... 65%^M(Reading database ... 70%^M(Reading database ... 75%^M(Reading database ... 80%^M(Reading database ... 85%^M(Reading database ... 90%^M(Reading database ... 95%^M(Reading database ... 100%^M(Reading database ... 568301 files and directories currently installed.)^M Preparing to unpack .../sysv-rc_2.88dsf-59.2ubuntu2_all.deb ...^M Unpacking sysv-rc (2.88dsf-59.2ubuntu2) over (2.88dsf-41ubuntu6.2) ...^M Preparing to unpack .../insserv_1.14.0-5ubuntu3_amd64.deb ...^M Unpacking insserv (1.14.0-5ubuntu3) over (1.14.0-5ubuntu2) ...^M Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...^M Setting up insserv (1.14.0-5ubuntu3) ...^M Setting up sysv-rc (2.88dsf-59.2ubuntu2) ...^M info: Reordering boot system, log to /var/lib/insserv/run-20160122T1444.log^M error: Something failed while migrating.^M ^M error: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot sequencing.^M ^M See http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot for^M more information about dependency based boot sequencing. To^M reattempt the migration process run 'dpkg --configure sysv-rc'.^M ^M dpkg: error processing package sysv-rc (--configure):^M subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1^M Log ended: 2016-01-22 14:44:09 /var/lib/insserver/run-blahdeblah contained the following: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sysv-rc.postinst: 60: /var/lib/dpkg/info/sysv- rc.postinst: insserv: not found To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/1537900/+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
