[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#390327: initscripts: tries to create /.root which already exists

[Marc Haber]

Package: initscripts
Version: 2.86.ds1-28
Severity: important

$ sudo dpkg --install /var/cache/apt/archives/initscripts_2.86.ds1-28_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 52576 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace initscripts 2.86.ds1-28 (using .../initscripts_2.86.ds1-28_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement initscripts ...
Setting up initscripts (2.86.ds1-28) ...
mkdir: cannot create directory `/.root': File exists
dpkg: error processing initscripts (--install):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 initscripts

A fix is mkdir -p in the first mkdir following
if dpkg --compare-versions "$PREV_VER" lt "2.86.ds1-22"
in initscripts.postinst.

Greetings
Marc

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.13-zgsrv
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages initscripts depends on:
ii  debianutils                  2.17.2      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  e2fsprogs                    1.39-1      ext2 file system utilities and lib
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                     3.1-17      Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip
ii  mount                        2.12r-11    Tools for mounting and manipulatin
ii  sysvinit-utils               2.86.ds1-28 System-V-like utilities

Versions of packages initscripts recommends:
ii  psmisc                        22.3-1     Utilities that use the proc filesy

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