Public bug reported: Upgrading from trusty to xenial is meant to replace "/etc/init.d/cron -> /lib/init/upstart-job" with a real file /etc/init.d/cron.
This works fine in a schroot, but in a container or a VM you end up with lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Feb 9 2013 /etc/init.d/cron -> /lib/init/upstart-job -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3049 Feb 17 18:25 /etc/init.d/cron.dpkg-new Reproducer: - start trusty container or VM - echo 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main restricted universe multiverse' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list - sudo apt update - sudo apt-get install -y cron ** Affects: cron (Ubuntu) Importance: High Assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti) Status: In Progress ** Affects: cron (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: High Assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti) Status: In Progress ** Tags: upgrade xenial ** Tags added: upgrade xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1566333 Title: trusty → xenial upgrade fails to upgrade /etc/init.d/cron To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/1566333/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
