Public bug reported: [Impact] systemd used to pre-depend on the libraries used by systemctl or something, but now systemctl uses libsystemd-shared, and there are no pre-depends for that, meaning that systemctl fails in maintainer scripts of other packages.
[Test case] Grab the apt-clone file from comment #20 in bug 1766890, and upgrade it to bionic with apt dist-upgrade -o APT::Immediate-Configure=0. Make sure to not see error about missing libraries in systemctl. [Regression potential] Installation ordering changes. Might make things harder for apt to solve. [Other info] Debian 897986 ** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: systemd (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #897986 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897986 ** Also affects: systemd (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=897986 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771791 Title: Need to pre-depend on stuff used by systemctl, so systemctl works in other package's preinst To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1771791/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs