Also of note: several other packages failed with similar issues on my system, but with a failure on postinst rather than prerm. It seems a later version of invoke-rc.d "handles" this case:
$ sudo dpkg --configure -a [sudo] password for vorlon: Setting up modemmanager (1.4.10-1) ... Setting up nfs-common (1:1.2.8-9ubuntu9) ... invoke-rc.d: gssd.service doesn't exist but the upstart job does. Nothing to start or stop until a systemd or init job is present. invoke-rc.d: idmapd.service doesn't exist but the upstart job does. Nothing to start or stop until a systemd or init job is present. So an upgrade solution may be to pre-depend on the newer invoke-rc.d. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1485396 Title: impossible to upgrade package from vivid to wily because of maintainer script reference to upstart job without matching init script To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/1485396/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
