Bug#825372: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.

[Robbi Nespu]

Same bug also appear on:

> # apt-cache show boinc
> Package: boinc
> Version: 7.16.16+dfsg-1
> Installed-Size: 96
> Maintainer: Debian BOINC Maintainers <pkg-boinc-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Architecture: all
> Depends: boinc-client (>= 7.16.16+dfsg-1), boinc-manager (>= 7.16.16+dfsg-1)
> Description-en: metapackage for the BOINC client and the manager
>  The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) is a
>  software platform for distributed computing: several initiatives of
>  various scientific disciplines all compete for the idle time of
>  desktop computers. The developers' web site at the University of
>  Berkeley serves as a common portal to the otherwise independently run
>  projects.
>  .
>  This package depends both on the BOINC core client program that is
>  required to participate in any project that uses BOINC, and the
>  BOINC Manager, a graphical monitor and control utility for the
>  BOINC core client.
> Description-md5: 79307295fad5fe1f0172f7d981ebfbac
> Homepage: https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
> Tag: admin::cluster, field::astronomy, field::biology,
>  field::biology:structural, field::chemistry, field::mathematics,
>  field::physics, field::statistics, implemented-in::c++,
>  interface::commandline, network::client, network::load-balancing,
>  role::metapackage, role::program, science::calculation, scope::utility,
>  suite::TODO, use::TODO, works-with::TODO, works-with::software:package
> Section: net
> Priority: optional
> Filename: pool/main/b/boinc/boinc_7.16.16+dfsg-1_all.deb
> Size: 55456
> MD5sum: ada1697dccfe03f2e7fa46b0935aaaeb
> SHA256: 13a3afa0641f1f6f044e8f87d17c9f41d2054a3ea2a4c0795e9c02baf141ea86
> 

systemd said:

> # systemctl status boinc-client
> ● boinc-client.service - Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client
>      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
>      Active: active (running) since Sat 2021-11-13 08:19:24 UTC; 45min ago
>        Docs: man:boinc(1)
>    Main PID: 671 (boinc)
>       Tasks: 10 (limit: 9509)
>      Memory: 1.6G
>         CPU: 34min 7.170s
>      CGroup: /system.slice/boinc-client.service
>              ├─ 671 /usr/bin/boinc
>              ├─3917 ../../projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.61_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -SettingsFile MCM1_0184567_4756.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt
>              ├─3923 ../../projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.61_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -SettingsFile MCM1_0184597_6871.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt
>              ├─3925 ../../projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_mcm1_map_7.61_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -SettingsFile MCM1_0184577_0627.txt -DatabaseFile dataset-sarc1.txt
>              └─3927 ../../projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/wcgrid_arp1_wrf_7.32_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Nov 13 08:55:45 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 08:56:45 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 08:57:45 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 08:58:46 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 08:59:46 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 09:00:46 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 09:01:46 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 09:02:46 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 09:03:46 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'.
> Nov 13 09:04:47 debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 boinc[671]: dir_open: Could not open directory 'locale' from '/var/lib/boinc-client'

my system detail:
> ~# inxi -S
> System:    Host: debian-s-4vcpu-8gb-amd-sgp1-01 Kernel: 5.10.0-9-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Console: tty 0
>            Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

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Regards
Robbi Nespu