[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#827204: No longer installable due to missing /lib/init/vars.sh

[Sven Joachim]

Control: severity -1 serious
Control: retitle -1 initscripts: insufficient dependency on sysvinit-utils

Am 13.06.2016 um 18:15 schrieb Klaus Ethgen:

> Package: initscripts
> Version: 2.88dsf-59.5
> Severity: critical
>
> When installing 2.88dsf-59.5 over 2.88dsf-59.4, the full installation
> fails with the following message, leaving the system in a critical
> state.
>    initscripts (2.88dsf-59.5) wird eingerichtet ...
>    /var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst: 8: .: Can't open /lib/init/vars.sh
>    dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes initscripts (--configure):
>     Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 2 zurück
>    Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
>     initscripts
>
> That error prevent all further installations.
>
> Installating version 2.88dsf-59.4 solves the troubles.

Alternatively, upgrade sysvinit-utils to 2.88dsf-59.5 since it has taken
over the /lib/init/vars.sh file.  Obviously the dependency of
initscripts on sysvinit-utils needs to be bumped to reflect that.

Cheers,
       Sven