I ran update and upgrade just now and the new rsyslog (8.32.0-1ubuntu4) caused error on my server affecting initramfs-tools as well. Running "dpkg --configure -a" and "apt install -f" won't fix it. I hope next fix won't cause other error.
-------------------- Setting up rsyslog (8.32.0-1ubuntu4) ... awk: error while loading shared libraries: libreadline.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing package rsyslog (--configure): installed rsyslog package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127 dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: rsyslog initramfs-tools E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsyslog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766574 Title: Installation failed if systemd isn't installed: /var/lib/dpkg/info/rsyslog.postinst: 28: /var/lib/dpkg/info/rsyslog.postinst: systemd-tmpfiles: not found Status in cloud-images: Opinion Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Ubuntu Bionic docker container missing Priority: Import; Task:minimal package. -- If you have an image that doesn't have systemd installed, installing rsyslog fails with the following error: /var/lib/dpkg/info/rsyslog.postinst: 28: /var/lib/dpkg/info/rsyslog.postinst: systemd-tmpfiles: not found If I install the systemd package, the rsyslog installation succeeds. This is with with version 8.32.0-1ubuntu3 in bionic. A quick way of reproducing this is to grab the latest docker bionic image and try to install rsyslog in there. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-images/+bug/1766574/+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