I just ran into this situation myself. After I received the error report and let the upgrade recover, running the dpkg command gives me...
diversion by systemd-shim from: /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service diversion by systemd-shim to: /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service.systemd systemd: /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773859 Title: upgrades to 18.04 fail To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1773859/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs