[Bug 401056] Re: package sysklogd (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[Michael Terry]

I tested your suggestion (sudo apt-get install rsyslog --purge) with a
patched rsyslog to do what you suggested (with the caveat that it sed's
sysklogd.postrm, not rsyslog.postrm; I think that was a typo on your
part).

But apt-get purges sysklogd before running the postinst (or preinst) for
rsyslog.  So it's too late to hack a fix in by then.

One other option could be to do an SRU for every release.  But as you
say, that doesn't cover people that don't fully upgrade before doing a
release upgrade.

Another option is to change rsyslog to use a different user than
'syslog'.  But that seems not quite appropriate.  Though it would fix
this issue.

What about adding the sysklogd.postrm hack to update-manager?  It has a
quirk system for upgrading between releases, right?

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package sysklogd (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401056
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