[Bug 1596133] Re: package grub-common 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Steve Langasek]

The error in your log is:

Setting up grub-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.1) ...
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults
insserv: warning: script 'K01.depend.stop' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'K01.depend.boot' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'K01.depend.start' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: There is a loop between service plymouth and urandom if started
insserv:  loop involving service urandom at depth 4
insserv:  loop involving service hwclock at depth 3
insserv: There is a loop between service .depend.boot and udev if started
insserv:  loop involving service udev at depth 1
insserv: There is a loop at service plymouth if started
insserv: Starting .depend.boot depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
[...]
insserv: Max recursions depth 99 reached
insserv:  loop involving service thermald at depth 1
insserv: Starting .depend.boot depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
[...]
insserv:  loop involving service mountkernfs at depth 1
insserv: There is a loop at service .depend.boot if started
insserv: Starting .depend.boot depends on plymouth and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
[...]
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package grub-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

This shows that you have some sort of invalid local symlinks called
'K01.depend.stop', 'K01.depend.boot', and 'K01.depend.start' in one or
more of the /etc/rc*.d/ directories on your system.  These are invalid;
the /etc/init.d/.depend.{boot,start,stop} files are configuration
information for startpar, *not* init scripts, and creating init script
symlinks to them is an error.

You will need to remove these invalid symlinks and re-attempt the
upgrade.

This is not a bug in the grub package.

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  package grub-common 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 1

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  This bug appears in upgrade software.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: grub-common 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-23.41-generic 4.4.10
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jun 25 00:17:24 2016
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-06 (354 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: It
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-23-generic root=/dev/mapper/it--vg-root ro drm.debug=0xe plymouth:debug
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Title: package grub-common 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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