Hi Armin, Thanks for reporting this. I'm not sure what the difference is but I'm unable to recreate this.
root@x2:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial root@x2:~# apt-cache policy openvswitch-switch openvswitch-switch: Installed: 2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Candidate: 2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 Version table: *** 2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.5.0-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages root@x2:~# systemctl status openvswitch-switch ● openvswitch-switch.service - Open vSwitch Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openvswitch-switch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Thu 2017-07-27 13:03:30 UTC; 13min ago Main PID: 1780 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 0 Memory: 0B CPU: 0 CGroup: /system.slice/openvswitch-switch.service Jul 27 13:03:30 x2 systemd[1]: Starting Open vSwitch... Jul 27 13:03:30 x2 systemd[1]: Started Open vSwitch. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1705569 Title: package openvswitch-switch 2.5.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 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/openvswitch/+bug/1705569/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs