[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#550425: sysv-rc: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot system

[Daniel Bolton]

Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.87dsf-6
Severity: important


I saw some existing bug reports that seemed like the same issue but they were
closed (I got delivery errors trying to reply to them). 

I just got this error running a safe-upgrade in squeeze today. Here is
the exact message I got:

 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. It is recommended  ▒
 │ to migrate for the following reasons:                                     ▒
 │                                                                           ▒
 │  * the order of boot and shutdown is calculated dynamically, using        ▒
 │    dependency information declared within each init.d script, which       ▒
 │    ensures optimum and correct boot sequence for the set of installed     ▒
 │    packages                                                               ▒
 │  * protection against problems introduced by new or upgraded packages     ▒
 │    by preserving the boot sequence when problems are detected; the boot   ▒
 │    sequence is only modified if it is safe to do so
 If the reported problem is a local modification it needs to be fixed      ▒
 │ manually.  If it's a bug in the package it should be reported to the BTS  ▒
 │ and fixed in the package. See                                             ▒
 │ http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot for more        ▒
 │ information about how to fix the problems preventing migration. To        ▒
 │ reattempt the migration process after the problems have been fixed, run   ▒
 │ 'dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc'.                                               ▒
 │                                                                           ▒
 │ The following problems were detected: package dhcdbd removed but not      ▮
 │ purged

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-dbb-deb (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages sysv-rc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.27     Debian configuration management sy
ii  insserv                       1.12.0-13  Tool to organize boot sequence usi
ii  sysvinit-utils                2.87dsf-6  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