I removed the dangling "original" symlink, and then "apt-get -f install" completed successfully.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to resolvconf in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1769194 Title: package resolvconf 1.79ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: installed resolvconf package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Status in resolvconf package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: During a "do-release-upgrade -d" from 16.04 to 18.04, an unrelated error occurred. DNS didn't work at that time, so I removed resolvconf. I manually updated my sources.list and did a successful dist-upgrade. Then I tried to reinstall resolvconf, and got the error below. Installing new version of config file /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/head ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service.wants/resolvconf-pull-resolved.path → /lib/systemd/system/resolvconf-pull-resolved.path. resolvconf-pull-resolved.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. resolvconf-pull-resolved.service is a disabled or a static unit, not starting it. Removing obsolete conffile /etc/init/resolvconf.conf ... cp: not writing through dangling symlink '/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/original' dpkg: error processing package resolvconf (--configure): installed resolvconf package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: resolvconf E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: resolvconf 1.79ubuntu10 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 AptOrdering: resolvconf:amd64: Install NULL: ConfigurePending Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri May 4 11:46:44 2018 DuplicateSignature: package:resolvconf:1.79ubuntu10 Removing obsolete conffile /etc/init/resolvconf.conf ... cp: not writing through dangling symlink '/etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/original' dpkg: error processing package resolvconf (--configure): installed resolvconf package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: installed resolvconf package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-26 (343 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2) PackageArchitecture: all Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3 PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2 apt 1.6.1 SourcePackage: resolvconf Title: package resolvconf 1.79ubuntu10 failed to install/upgrade: installed resolvconf package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-04 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/resolvconf/+bug/1769194/+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
