[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#499008: Bug#499008: Fails to install: Starting libvirt management daemon: libvirtd failed!

[Luk Claes]

Guido Günther wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:12:23PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote:
>> Package: libvirt
>> Version: 0.4.4-3
>> Severity: serious
>>
>> ocaml-libvirt build-logs on arm, mips and powerpc:
>>
>> http://buildd.debian.org/~jeroen/status/package.php?suite=unstable&p=ocaml-libvirt
>>
>> Since these archs have little in common, the issue is probably something
>> specific to the buildd env libvirt-bin daemon fails to take in account.
>>
>> Installing:
>> --snip--
>> Setting up libvirt-bin (0.4.4-3) ...
>> Adding group `libvirt' (GID 111) ...
>> Done.
>> Starting libvirt management daemon: libvirtd failed!
>> invoke-rc.d: initscript libvirt-bin, action "start" failed.
>> dpkg: error processing libvirt-bin (--configure):
> Hmmm...we need proc mounted, but that should be the case in the build
> chroot?
> 
>>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>>  Setting up libvirt-dev (0.4.4-3) ...
>> --snip--

To find out about the chroots you should contact the buildd maintainers
AFAICS ...

>> Also, it's failing ot run delgroup on purge:
>>
>> --snip--
>> Stopping libvirt management daemon: libvirtd.
>> Purging configuration files for libvirt-bin ...
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libvirt-bin.postrm: line 25: delgroup: command not
>> found
> The buildd purges adduser before it purges libvirt-bin (although there
> is a dependency), there's little we can do about it.

You could execute the delgroup conditionally in postrms or not remove
the group at all as it may still be used on some file (maybe even on a
filesystem not mounted at removal time)...

Cheers

Luk