Control: tags -1 wontfix Control: close -1 On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:47:24 +0800 Aron Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: systemd > Version: 257.7-1 > Severity: important > > I'm trying to upgrade from bookworm to trixie on WSL1, and it wasn't > smooth because dh_installsysusers is now default to inject calls of > systemd-sysusers when debian/package.sysusers exist. But apparently > the command always fail on WSL1: > > $ sudo systemd-sysusers > Failed to take /etc/passwd lock: Invalid argument > > After doing some hand craft magics the upgrade worked otherwise. > > Please note that WSL1 is not running a real Linux kernel, but this > will help users who has limited access to real Linux installations > (VM/WSL2 or hardware) under certain circumstance.
This is a bug a in WSL1. WSL1 is not supported upstream anymore, please use WSL2 or remove the instance and recreate it instead of upgrading it as a workaround.
