[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#555697: sysv-rc: unreadable debconf message

[Tollef Fog Heen]

Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.87dsf-8
Severity: normal

When sysv-rc fails to change to a dependency based boot, I get the
following message:

 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┤ Setter opp sysv-rc ├───────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │                                                                                                           │ 
 │ Unable to migrate to dependency-based boot system                                                         ↑ 
 │                                                                                                           ▮ 
 │ Tests have determined that problems in the boot system exist which prevent migration to dependency-based  ▒ 
 │ boot sequencing:                                                                                          ▒ 
 │                                                                                                           ▒ 
 │ package initscripts left obsolete init.d script behind, package initscripts left obsolete init.d script   ▒ 
 │ behind, package network-manager left obsolete init.d script behind, package powernowd left obsolete       ▒ 
 │ init.d script behind, package udev left obsolete init.d script behind, package acpi-support removed but   ▒ 
 │ not purged, package acpid removed but not purged, package apport removed but not purged, package approx   ▒ 
 │ removed but not purged, package asterisk removed but not purged, package atftpd removed but not purged,   ▒ 
 │ package bip removed but not purged, package brltty removed but not purged, package buildbot removed but   ▒ 
 │ not purged, package console-tools removed but not purged, package couchdb removed but not purged,         ▒ 
 │ package dhcp3-server removed but not purged, package dnsmasq removed but not purged, package ekeyd        ▒ 
 │ removed but not purged, package ekeyd-egd-linux removed but not purged, package freeradius removed but    ▒ 
 │ not purged, package gpsd removed but not purged, package hdparm removed but not purged, package           ▒ 
 │ hotkey-setup removed but not purged, package inetutils-inetd removed but not purged, package iodine       ▒ 
 │ removed but not purged, package ircd-hybrid removed but not purged, package laptop-mode-tools removed     ▒ 
 │ but not purged, package linuxlogo removed but not purged, package nvidia-kernel-common removed but not    ▒ 
 │ purged, package openbsd-inetd removed but not purged, package pcmciautils removed but not purged,         ▒ 
 │ package postgresql-8.2 removed but not purged, package pppconfig removed but not purged, package          ▒ 
 │ readahead removed but not purged, package scsitools removed but not purged, package siproxd removed but   ▒ 
 │ not purged, package snmpd removed but not purged, package squid3 removed but not purged, package ufw      ▒ 
 │ removed but not purged, package usplash removed but not purged, package varnish removed but not purged,   ▒ 
 │ package varnish-administration-console removed but not purged, package winbind removed but not purged,    ▒ 
 │ package yum removed but not purged, insserv: warning: script 'K20buildbot' missing LSB tags and           ▒ 
 │ overrides, insserv: warning: script 'S10powernowd.early' missing LSB tags and overrides, insserv:         ↓ 
 │                                                                                                             
 │                                                  <Ok>                                                       
 │                                                                                                           │ 
 └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ 

This is completely unreadable.  Please provide a bullet list or similar.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages sysv-rc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration management sy
ii  insserv                       1.12.0-14  Tool to organize boot sequence usi
ii  sysvinit-utils                2.87dsf-8  System-V-like utilities

Versions of packages sysv-rc recommends:
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-23     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

Versions of packages sysv-rc suggests:
pn  bum                           <none>     (no description available)
pn  sysv-rc-conf                  <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  sysv-rc/unable-to-convert:
  sysv-rc/convert-legacy: true

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Tollef Fog Heen
UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are