[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#607269: Bug#607269: initscripts: upgrade from lenny to squeeze left system unbootable as checkfs.sh failed to execute

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Andreas Wohlfeld wrote:
> I don't know where I've picked up the missing bits (system was migrated
> from Debian 1.3 over the years), but they are not getting corrected when
> installing new package versions, which caused the problems here.
> 
> Maybe they should be checked as clearly /etc/init.d/rc has changed behavior.

Removing the x bit is a documented way to get the initscript not to execute
(frowned upon unless you use dpkg-statoverride, though, since it can break
on upgrades).

I suppose we could add some testing and warn users if we detect missing x
bits, but unless etch or lenny installs are affected, it may be more trouble
than it is worth.

I have several systems that have been constantly upgraded from sarge, and
none of them had any x missing bits.

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  Henrique Holschuh