[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#545205: update failure sysvinit/2.87dsf-3 and -4

Bernhard Kleine bernhard.kleine at gmx.net
Sun Sep 6 08:24:57 UTC 2009


Hallo, I am still left with an update failure:

the debconf window shows the following messages:

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 jackd left obsolete init.d script behind, 
package timidity left obsolete init.d script behind, 
insserv: warning: script 'S99webmin' missing LSB tags and overrides, 
insserv: warning: script 'webmin' missing LSB tags and overrides, 
insserv: script xfs: service xfs already provided!,

and synaptic stops the update procedure with failure.

dpkg --configure -a

shows

Richte sysv-rc ein (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: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von sysv-rc (--configure): (translated: An
error has been encountered while updating sysv-rc)
 Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert
128 zurück (subprocess installed post-install script returns Error 128)
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von: (Error while updating:)
 sysv-rc

The same is true with 2.87dsf-4. I wonder (since I not at all intimate
to the internals of debian) why dependency based boot is necessary.
Given that the system has been stable for quite some time (even with the
SID distribution) this update failure blocks any further updates thus
making package updating stopping. Is this intential? 



-- 
Bernhard Kleine <bernhard.kleine at gmx.net>
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