Bug#834524: init-system-helpers: does not own /etc/rc?.d

[Felipe Sateler]

On 17 August 2016 at 03:45, Ferenc Wágner <wferi at niif.hu> wrote:
> Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> writes:
>
>> Am 16.08.2016 um 19:12 schrieb Ferenc Wágner:
>>
>>> Recently both my daemon packages started to exhibit this piuparts error:
>>>
>>> ERROR: FAIL: Package purging left files on system:
>>>   /etc/rc2.d/         not owned
>>>   /etc/rc3.d/         not owned
>>>   /etc/rc4.d/         not owned
>>>   /etc/rc5.d/         not owned
>>>
>>> I think this is the result of sysv-rc losing its Essential flag, which means
>>> it isn't present in minimal chroots (like those used by piuparts) anymore.
>>> On the other hand, init-system-helpers imported update-rc.d in version 1.25,
>>> and I think /etc/rc?.d is created by update-rc.d (but never removed).  All
>>> this results in piuparts failures in recently tested daemon packages.
>>>
>>> If the above analysis is correct, please fix this.
>>
>> Fix what exactly?
>
> The piuparts errors.  By taking ownership of the /etc/rc?.d symlink
> directories.  (Removing them if they become empty is another option, but
> does not sound a very good idea.)  Previously they were owned by
> sysv-rc, which also provided update-rc.d, which used these directories.
> When update-rc.d moved into init-system-helpers, /etc/rc?.d should've
> followed along, but was forgotten, I guess.

Indeed. init-system-helpers even already did this for
/etc/systemd/system. I have added the rc?.d directories to the list.

https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/init-system-helpers.git/commit/?id=62e093e7949a25479cbc78d01903f76f49629059

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler