[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#545261: sysv-rc upgrade fails (Unable to migrate to dependency based boot sequencing)

[Vincent Lefevre]

Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.87dsf-3
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

During the sysv-rc upgrade:

dpkg: considering deconfiguration of sysv-rc, which would be broken by installation of insserv ...
dpkg: yes, will deconfigure sysv-rc (broken by insserv).
(Reading database ... 400875 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace insserv 1.12.0-10 (using .../insserv_1.12.0-11_amd64.deb) ...
De-configuring sysv-rc ...
Unpacking replacement insserv ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up insserv (1.12.0-11) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/insserv.conf ...
(Reading database ... 400875 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace sysv-rc 2.87dsf-2 (using .../sysv-rc_2.87dsf-3_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement sysv-rc ...
dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/usr/share/man/fr.UTF-8': Directory not empty
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up sysv-rc (2.87dsf-3) ...
info: Checking if it is safe to convert to dependency based boot.
error: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot sequencing.
dpkg: error processing sysv-rc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
Errors were encountered while processing:
 sysv-rc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up sysv-rc (2.87dsf-3) ...
info: Checking if it is safe to convert to dependency based boot.
error: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot sequencing.
dpkg: error processing sysv-rc (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 128
Errors were encountered while processing:
 sysv-rc

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers oldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26.5-20080922 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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                       1.12.0-11  Tool to organize boot sequence usi
ii  sysvinit-utils                2.87dsf-3  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)
ii  sysv-rc-conf                  0.99-6     SysV init runlevel configuration t

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