I set it to new. I had the same problem. I feel this should be universally solved.
Related question: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1379811/usrmerge-of- bin-sbin-lib-how-is-the-system-supposed-to-be Perhaps related bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=945582 - Is `/usr/lib/usrmerge/convert-usrmerge` really the solution users are supposed to run? - Some systems have the whole directory /bin linked to /usr/bin, this is not what convert-usrmerge appears to do. This inconsistence should be explained and the "right" solution should be announced. I worked around my failing upgrade via - edit `/var/lib/dpkg/info/systemd.postinst` by hand - find the line `systemd-machine-id-setup` - comment it out - run `sudo dpkg --configure -a` again ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #945582 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=945582 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1938065 Title: systemd 248.3-1ubuntu2 fails to install (when upgrading 21.04->21.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1938065/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
