upgrade of udev from 202-0ubuntu12 to 204-0ubuntu1 hangs on configure in LXC container

In an LXC container based on saucy desktop i386 build 20130604 upgrade of udev from 202-0ubuntu12 to 204-0ubuntu1 hangs on configure:

Setting up libudev1:i386 (204-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up udev (204-0ubuntu1) ...
udev stop/waiting

The process tree shows:
apt-get,6594 -y dist-upgrade
  `-dpkg,7437 --status-fd 33 --configure libudev1:i386 udev:i386 libsystemd-daemon0:i386 systemd-services:i386 libpam-systemd:i386 libsystemd-login0:i386 [...]
      `-udev.postinst,7442 /var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst configure 202-0ubuntu12
          `-invoke-rc.d,7443 /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d udev restart
              `-start,7476 udev

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: udev 204-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-3.8-generic 3.9.4
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-3-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CurrentDmesg: [ 1730.618592] lxcbr0: port 1(vethbubR2h) entered forwarding state
Date: Tue Jun 4 12:53:26 2013
Lsusb: Error: command ['lsusb'] failed with exit code 1: unable to initialize libusb: -99
MachineType: MSI MS-7676
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.9.0-3-generic root=UUID=799cc1fa-a6a5-4b80-82bc-ded29c93ac77 ro quiet swapaccount=1
SourcePackage: systemd
UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/04/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V10.2
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: Z68MA-ED55 (MS-7676)
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 2.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
dmi.chassis.version: 2.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV10.2:bd05/04/2011:svnMSI:pnMS-7676:pvr2.0:rvnMSI:rnZ68MA-ED55(MS-7676):rvr2.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr2.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7676
dmi.product.version: 2.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI