[Bug 1191301] Re: package rsyslog 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[Simon Déziel]

This bug was reported against an Ubuntu version that's long been EOL.
Please try to reproduce with a supported release and report a new bug if
appropriate. Thanks.

** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  package rsyslog 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

Status in rsyslog package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
   sudo apt-get upgradeReading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages have been kept back:
    linux-generic-pae linux-headers-generic-pae linux-image-generic-pae
  The following packages will be upgraded:
    cups
  1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  Need to get 0 B/1,281 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  (Reading database ... 445284 files and directories currently installed.)
  Preparing to replace cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu6 (using .../cups_1.5.3-0ubuntu8_i386.deb) ...
  /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d: 1: /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d: /sbin/runlevel: not found
  /etc/init.d/cups: 82: /etc/init.d/cups: stop: not found
  invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "stop" failed.
  dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
  dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
  /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d: 1: /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d: /sbin/runlevel: not found
  /etc/init.d/cups: 82: /etc/init.d/cups: stop: not found
  invoke-rc.d: initscript cups, action "stop" failed.
  dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/cups_1.5.3-0ubuntu8_i386.deb (--unpack):
   subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
  /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d: 1: /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d: /sbin/runlevel: not found
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   /var/cache/apt/archives/cups_1.5.3-0ubuntu8_i386.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: rsyslog 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-41.66-generic-pae 3.2.42
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-41-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.3
  AptOrdering: rsyslog: Configure
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Jun 15 19:33:31 2013
  DuplicateSignature: package:rsyslog:5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: rsyslog
  Title: package rsyslog 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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