[Bug 937196] Re: 10.04 LTS -> 12.04 upgrade failed: ifupdown depends on upstart and initscripts but they are not configured

[Stéphane Graber]

Upgrading on my system, I see a similar sequence:
(Reading database ... ^M(Reading database ... 5%^M(Reading database ... 10%^M(Reading database ... 15%^M(Reading database ... 20%^M(Reading database ... 25%^M(Reading database ... 30%^M(Reading database ... 35%^M(Reading database ... 40%^M
Preparing to replace module-init-tools 3.11.1-2ubuntu1 (using .../module-init-tools_3.16-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...^M
Unpacking replacement module-init-tools ...^M
Preparing to replace initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu78 (using .../initramfs-tools_0.99ubuntu10_all.deb) ...^M
Unpacking replacement initramfs-tools ...^M
dpkg: considering deconfiguration of upstart, which would be broken by installation of friendly-recovery ...^M
dpkg: yes, will deconfigure upstart (broken by friendly-recovery).^M
Preparing to replace friendly-recovery 0.2.10 (using .../friendly-recovery_0.2.24_all.deb) ...^M
De-configuring upstart ...^M
Unpacking replacement friendly-recovery ...^M
Preparing to replace upstart 0.6.5-8 (using .../upstart_1.4-0ubuntu8_amd64.deb) ...^M
Unpacking replacement upstart ...^M
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...^M
Processing triggers for man-db ...^M
Setting up libnih1 (1.0.3-4ubuntu9) ...^M
Setting up libnih-dbus1 (1.0.3-4ubuntu9) ...^M
Setting up libudev0 (175-0ubuntu5) ...^M
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...^M
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place^M
(Reading database ... ^M(Reading database ... 5%^M(Reading database ... 10%^M(Reading database ... 15%^M(Reading database ... 20%^M(Reading database ... 25%^M(Reading database ... 30%^M(Reading database ... 35%^M(Reading database ... 40%^M
Preparing to replace ifupdown 0.6.8ubuntu29.2 (using .../ifupdown_0.7~beta2ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ...^M
Transitioning /etc/network/if-up.d/upstart to be a conffile ...^M
Transitioning /etc/init/network-interface.conf to be a conffile ...^M
Transitioning /etc/init/networking.conf to be a conffile ...^M
Transitioning /etc/init/network-interface-security.conf to be a conffile ...^M
Unpacking replacement ifupdown ...^M
Preparing to replace initscripts 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5 (using .../initscripts_2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu10_amd64.deb) ...^M
Removing unmodified and obsolete conffile /etc/default/tmpfs ...^M
Unpacking replacement initscripts ...^M
Preparing to replace mountall 2.15.3 (using .../mountall_2.34_amd64.deb) ...^M
Moving obsolete conffile /etc/init/mounted-varrun.conf out of the way...^M
Unpacking replacement mountall ...^M
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...^M
Processing triggers for man-db ...^M
Setting up initramfs-tools-bin (0.99ubuntu10) ...^M
Setting up upstart (1.4-0ubuntu8) ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/tty3.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/tty6.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/tty1.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/rc-sysinit.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/rc.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/rcS.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/tty2.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/tty4.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/tty5.conf ...^M
Installing new version of config file /etc/init/upstart-udev-bridge.conf ...^M
Setting up friendly-recovery (0.2.24) ...^M
Generating grub.cfg ...^M
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-100-rhel6openvz^M
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-100-rhel6openvz^M
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-38-generic^M
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-38-generic^M
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-37-generic^M
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-37-generic^M
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin^M
done^M
Setting up module-init-tools (3.16-1ubuntu2) ...^M

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Title:
  10.04 LTS -> 12.04 upgrade failed: ifupdown depends on upstart and
  initscripts but they are not configured

Status in “ifupdown” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Attempting to upgrade from Mythbuntu 10.04 to 12.04.  Here is the
  important part of the upgrade log output.  Complete logs will be
  attached, and if more info is needed, please just ask!

  
  dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ifupdown:
   ifupdown depends on upstart-job; however:
    Package upstart-job is not installed.
    Package upstart which provides upstart-job is not configured yet.
   ifupdown depends on initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3); however:
    Package initscripts is not configured yet.
  dpkg: error processing ifupdown (--configure):
   dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
  dpkg: error processing dpkg (--configure):
   package dpkg is already installed and configured
  Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
  ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   ifupdown
   dpkg
  Log ended: 2012-02-20  11:43:29

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.134.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Feb 20 13:43:48 2012
  InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager

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