Bug#870624: proftpd postinst hangs

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

Package: proftpd-basic
Version: 1.3.5b-4

installation of proftpd hangs immediately after starting proftpd proces:

Warning: The home dir /run/proftpd you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory
Adding system user `proftpd' (UID 110) ...
Adding new user `proftpd' (UID 110) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/run/proftpd'.
Adding system user `ftp' (UID 111) ...
Adding new user `ftp' (UID 111) with group `nogroup' ...
Creating home directory `/srv/ftp' ...
'/usr/share/proftpd/templates/welcome.msg' -> '/srv/ftp/welcome.msg.proftpd-new'
[ ok ] Starting ftp server: proftpd.

... hang here.

processes running:

4     0  14394  12252  20   0  18496  3924 -      Ss+  pts/1      0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 33 --configure --pending
0     0  14492  14394  20   0  57656 17472 -      S+   pts/1      0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/proftpd-basic.postinst configure
0     0  14497  14492  20   0      0     0 -      Z+   pts/1      0:00 [proftpd-basic.p] <defunct>
5   110  14581      1  20   0 124708  3768 core_s Ss   ?          0:00 proftpd: (accepting connections)
0     0  14600  12669  20   0  12896   984 -      S+   pts/2      0:00 grep -e pts/1 -e proftp

after stopping proftpd installation finishes.

this system runs sysvinit. When tried systemd, proftpd installed correctly.
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