I need to spend more time on this, but what I have observed so far is that the service failure is due to /usr/bin/nginx not being visible/executable. This is probably a sandboxing issue, but needs more investigation.
Before running the repro steps, I added: # /etc/systemd/system/nginx.service.d/override.conf [Service] ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/true and that failed as well, hence the thought about sandboxing or something. ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2093081 Title: Installing many packages at once lets the nginx service fail to start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/2093081/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs