[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#623098: initscripts: doesn't handle downgrading (dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/run': Device or resource busy)

[Jonathan Nieder]

Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>  # cupt install initscripts/sid
>  Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
>  dpkg: warning: downgrading initscripts from 2.88dsf-13.4 to 2.88dsf-13.2.
>  (Reading database ... 141278 files and directories currently installed.)
>  Preparing to replace initscripts 2.88dsf-13.4 (using .../initscripts_2.88dsf-13.2_amd64.deb) ...
>  Unpacking replacement initscripts ...
>  dpkg: warning: unable to delete old directory '/run': Device or resource busy

It turns out this was mostly cosmetic --- upon reboot, /run was gone
(phew!).

Of course, in an ideal world, the bind mount would be removed at prerm
time.  Is that possible to do?  If not, is it possible to print a
message with advice?