I can reproduce it with the package excerpts at https://code.launchpad.net/~serge-hallyn/+git/pkg1 and https://code.launchpad.net/~serge-hallyn/+git/pkg2
First dpkg -i pkg1_1-1_amd64.deb then dpkg -i pkg1_1-2_amd64.deb pkg2_1-2_amd64.deb On yakkety, this gives me: (Reading database ... 27385 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack /pkg1_1-2_amd64.deb ... enabled Unpacking pkg1 (1-2) over (1-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package pkg2. Preparing to unpack /pkg2_1-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking pkg2 (1-2) ... Setting up pkg2 (1-2) ... Failed to execute operation: No such file or directory /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on pkg2.service: No such file or directory Failed to get unit file state for pkg2.service: No such file or directory pkg2.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. I trust I'm doing something wrong in pkg1.preinst (in version 1-2). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to init-system-helpers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579922 Title: dh_systemd_enable fails due to 'preset' when service file is renamed Status in init-system-helpers package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This is a bit of a special case and may be being done wrong by the package... libvirt is moving the libvirt-bin.service from libvirt-bin package to libvirtd.service in libvirt-daemon-system package. The packaging source can be seen at https://git.launchpad.net/~libvirt- maintainers/ubuntu/+source/libvirt/tree/?h=2016-05-07/yakkety, and it is packaged at ppa:serge-hallyn/virt. When using the init-system-helpers package from xenial, this all works. However with the init-system-helpers package in yakkety, and when upgrading the current libvirt-bin package to this proposed package, it fails during deb-systemd-helper with a message from: system("/bin/systemctl", "--preset-mode=enable-only", "preset", $scriptname) == 0 or error("systemctl preset failed on $scriptname: $!"); To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/init-system-helpers/+bug/1579922/+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