[Bug 936981] [NEW] apt-get dist-upgrade fails to upgrade udev in lxc container

[James Hunt]

Public bug reported:

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
    :
    :
Unpacking replacement libglib2.0-0 ...
Preparing to replace udev 175-0ubuntu4 (using .../udev_175-0ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
Adding 'diversion of /sbin/udevadm to /sbin/udevadm.upgrade by fake-udev'
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 failed to fstat previous diversions file: No such file or directory
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
james at precise:~$ ls -al /sbin/udevadm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    396 Feb 20 14:07 /sbin/udevadm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 169324 Feb  6 08:22 /sbin/udevadm.upgrade
$

** Affects: udev (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  apt-get dist-upgrade fails to upgrade udev in lxc container

Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
      :
      :
  Unpacking replacement libglib2.0-0 ...
  Preparing to replace udev 175-0ubuntu4 (using .../udev_175-0ubuntu5_i386.deb) ...
  Adding 'diversion of /sbin/udevadm to /sbin/udevadm.upgrade by fake-udev'
  dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
   failed to fstat previous diversions file: No such file or directory
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
  james at precise:~$ ls -al /sbin/udevadm*
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    396 Feb 20 14:07 /sbin/udevadm
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 169324 Feb  6 08:22 /sbin/udevadm.upgrade
  $

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