[Bug 1880541] Re: package udev 245.4-4ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: podproces zainstalowany pakiet udev skrypt post-installation returned error code 1

[Dan Streetman]

ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ dpkg -l udev|grep udev
ii  udev           245.4-4ubuntu3 amd64        /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ sudo groupadd kvm
groupadd: group 'kvm' already exists
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ grep kvm /etc/group
kvm:x:108:
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ sudo groupdel kvm
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ grep kvm /etc/group
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ sudo groupadd kvm
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ grep kvm /etc/group
kvm:x:1001:

ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ sudo apt install udev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libudev1
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libudev1 udev
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 31 not upgraded.
Need to get 1440 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2048 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 udev amd64 245.4-4ubuntu3.1 [1362 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 libudev1 amd64 245.4-4ubuntu3.1 [78.3 kB]
Fetched 1440 kB in 1s (1423 kB/s)   
(Reading database ... 66302 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../udev_245.4-4ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking udev (245.4-4ubuntu3.1) over (245.4-4ubuntu3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_245.4-4ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libudev1:amd64 (245.4-4ubuntu3.1) over (245.4-4ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libudev1:amd64 (245.4-4ubuntu3.1) ...
Setting up udev (245.4-4ubuntu3.1) ...
The group `kvm' already exists and is not a system group. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing package udev (--configure):
 installed udev package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 udev
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)



(clear the error and downgrade udev again, and add -proposed to apt sources)

ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ dpkg -l udev|grep udev
ii  udev           245.4-4ubuntu3 amd64        /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ sudo groupadd kvm
groupadd: group 'kvm' already exists
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ dpkg -l udev|grep udev
ii  udev           245.4-4ubuntu3 amd64        /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ grep kvm /etc/group
kvm:x:108:
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ sudo groupdel kvm
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ grep kvm /etc/group
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ sudo groupadd kvm
ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ grep kvm /etc/group
kvm:x:1001:

ubuntu at lp1880541-f:~$ sudo apt install udev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libudev1
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libudev1 udev
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 46 not upgraded.
Need to get 1442 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4096 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 udev amd64 245.4-4ubuntu3.2 [1363 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-proposed/main amd64 libudev1 amd64 245.4-4ubuntu3.2 [78.9 kB]
Fetched 1442 kB in 1s (1415 kB/s)   
(Reading database ... 66302 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../udev_245.4-4ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking udev (245.4-4ubuntu3.2) over (245.4-4ubuntu3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libudev1_245.4-4ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libudev1:amd64 (245.4-4ubuntu3.2) over (245.4-4ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libudev1:amd64 (245.4-4ubuntu3.2) ...
Setting up udev (245.4-4ubuntu3.2) ...
The group `kvm' already exists and is not a system group. Exiting.
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Processing triggers for systemd (245.4-4ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.2) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-40-generic



** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-focal
** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-focal

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Title:
  package udev 245.4-4ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: podproces
  zainstalowany pakiet udev skrypt post-installation returned error code
  1

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in systemd source package in Focal:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [impact]

  during upgrade, udev may fail to configure, interrupting the upgrade

  [test case]

  on 18.04, create a non-system group 'kvm', then upgrade to 20.04

  [regression potential]

  any regression would likely result in a kvm group that was not
  properly created, possibly restricting users from using kvm
  acceleration until the problem was fixed.

  [scope]

  this is needed only for focal, as it occurs only on upgrade to focal.

  [original description]

  
  During the Dist upgrade from 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS udev failed to configure interrupting the upgrade.

  dpkg complained that kvm already exist but it is not a system group.

  From what I saw my user was the only member of kvm group
  I don't recall installing kvm manually but I do have Android emulator installed so it is possible that it is related.

  Removing kvm group via
  groupdel kvm
  allowed
  dpkg --configure -a
  to succeed

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: udev 245.4-4ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-101.102-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-101-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CustomUdevRuleFiles: 56-hpmud.rules 70-snap.core.rules
  Date: Mon May 25 11:01:36 2020
  ErrorMessage: podproces zainstalowany pakiet udev skrypt post-installation zwrócił kod błędu 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-18 (949 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-101-generic root=UUID=1c3374a5-d07b-4588-8159-7607318eb2c9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.2, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18rc1, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
   apt  2.0.2ubuntu0.1
  SourcePackage: systemd
  Title: package udev 245.4-4ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: podproces zainstalowany pakiet udev skrypt post-installation zwrócił kod błędu 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-25 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2018
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: P4.80
  dmi.board.name: X370 Taichi
  dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP4.80:bd07/18/2018:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnX370Taichi:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

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