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systemd package

  1. Bug #1748659
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 1748659

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Patrick M. Womack (ipat8) wrote :

Update for you all. I forced systemd down to the 16.04 version, reconfigured it and it was happy. As for upgrading it to the 18.04 version, YOU MUST PURGE THE ENTIRE /usr/lib/tempfiles.d/ DIRECTORY. One I did that, even thought the install will fail, I was able to get systemd reconfigured. It now properly responds to dpkg --configure commands and the system is no longer in a broken state.

As for how to resolve this upstream, I have a felling this has to do with how WSL handles systemd (as, it doesn't, because WSL ignores systemd for the most part.) most likely related to the fact that we're not working with kernels, and systemd doesn't have anything to hook into during the upgrade.

If you're having trouble with a system you forced to the 18.04 beta let me know as I'm going to write a script here in a second to resolve the issue for you.