** Description changed: [Impact] - * Some systems fail to upgrade due to conflicts between systemd and the + * Some systems fail to upgrade due to conflicts between systemd and the (now removed from the archive) systemd-shim / upstart. - * Instead of trying to work out what's the problem in ordering / + * Instead of trying to work out what's the problem in ordering / removal of diverts, ensure that systemd is never unpacked whilst systemd-shim/upstart are still on disk. Thus declare conflicts against systemd-shim/upstart packages in systemd package. [Test Case] - * monitor drop-off of upgrades with below reported problem + * monitor drop-off of upgrades with below reported problem - * Check that it is possible to upgrade to bionic's libpam-systemd from - xenial with systemd-shim installed on xenial. + * Check that it is possible to upgrade to bionic's libpam-systemd from + xenial with systemd-shim installed on xenial, ie. + + lxc launch ubuntu-daily:xenial test-shim-upgrade + lxc exec test-shim-upgrade + apt update + apt install systemd-shim + wget https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/systemd-shim/systemd-shim_10-3_amd64.deb + apt install ./systemd-shim_10-3_amd64.deb + sed 's/xenial/bionic/' -i /etc/apt/sources.list + apt update + apt install systemd + + this currently passes, however, systemd-shim remains installed. It + should be removed instead. Apt install systemd should have lines like + this: + + The following packages will be REMOVED: + systemd-shim + ... + Removing 'diversion of /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service to /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service.systemd by systemd-shim' + ... + [Regression Potential] - * systemd-shim/upstart are both removed and not supported in bionic, + * systemd-shim/upstart are both removed and not supported in bionic, thus forcing their removal via conflicts should bring the system into an expected state. [Other Info] - - * original bug report + * original bug report $ sudo apt upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: systemd-shim 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 71.7 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 632222 files and directories currently installed.) Removing systemd-shim (9-1bzr4ubuntu1) ... Removing 'diversion of /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service to /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service.systemd by systemd-shim' dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting '/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service' with different file '/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service.systemd', not allowed dpkg: error processing package systemd-shim (--remove): subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: systemd-shim E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Commenting out the dpkg-divert in systemd-shim's postrm solved this for me and I was about to continue the upgrade.
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