Bug#883877: rsyslog: fails to configure, dpkg --configure exits with error

[Martin-Éric Racine]

2017-12-19 2:02 GMT+02:00 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>:
> Am 18.12.2017 um 20:07 schrieb Martin-Éric Racine:
>> 2017-12-18 2:08 GMT+02:00 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just uploaded v236 today. Before we try to debug this further, it
>>> would be great if you can give this version a try. Maybe your issue is
>>> already fixed.
>>> If not, we'll have to involve upstream at some point by filing an
>>> upstream bug report. But let's first wait for your results with 236-1
>>
>> The issue is not fixed. Something fails at communicating with dbus,
>> and it messes up everything else.
>
> Just to be sure, have you rebooted your system after upgrading to 236-1?

Yes I have, but this required issuing "exec reboot -f" to bypass init
entirely, otherwise it fails due to the lack of dbus connection.

Martin-Éric