Debian Bug report logs - #559754
fails to install if /etc/sysctl.d/ not present

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: netbase: Fails to install on non-Linux

Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 22:53:36 +0100

Package: netbase
Version: 4.37
Severity: important

Hello,

So at least something broke with bindv6only :)

Setting up netbase (4.38) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/netbase.postinst: 82: cannot create /etc/sysctl.d/bindv6only.conf: Directory nonexistent
dpkg: error processing netbase (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

This is on hurd-i386, but I guess it happens on kfreebsd-* too.

Samuel

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages netbase depends on:
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-23     Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

Versions of packages netbase recommends:
ii  ifupdown                      0.6.9      high level tools to configure netw

netbase suggests no packages.

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Message #10 received at 559754@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)

To: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>, 559754@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#559754: netbase: Fails to install on non-Linux

Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:06:57 +0100

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On Dec 06, Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote:

> This is on hurd-i386, but I guess it happens on kfreebsd-* too.
Can you suggest a test? Will checking for /proc/sys/net work?

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Message #15 received at 559754@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>

To: Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>

Cc: 559754@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#559754: netbase: Fails to install on non-Linux

Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 23:26:15 +0100

Marco d'Itri, le Sun 06 Dec 2009 23:06:57 +0100, a écrit :
> On Dec 06, Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > This is on hurd-i386, but I guess it happens on kfreebsd-* too.
> Can you suggest a test? Will checking for /proc/sys/net work?

Mmm, thinking again about it, /etc/sysctl.d is provided by procps since
1:3.2.7-7, which is Priority: required, so it's safe to assume it is
installed, even on Lenny, unless you prefer to set a versioned
dependency?

Samuel

Message #20 received at 559754@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>

To: 559754@bugs.debian.org, Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: fails to install if /etc/sysctl.d/ not present

Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:56:52 +0100

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retitle 559754 fails to install if /etc/sysctl.d/ not present
severity 559754 serious
thanks

> Mmm, thinking again about it, /etc/sysctl.d is provided by procps since
> 1:3.2.7-7, which is Priority: required, so it's safe to assume it is
> installed,

no, this is not sufficient. You only can assume that for essential packages.

fwiw, because of this, my pbuilder chroot is currently broken (it does not have
procps installed).

The obvious fix for this is, that the netbase postinst should simply create the
/etc/sysctl.d/ directory if not existent.

Cheers,
Michael

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Message #29 received at 559754@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri)

To: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>, 559754@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#559754: fails to install if /etc/sysctl.d/ not present

Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:33:11 +0100

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On Dec 07, Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote:

> The obvious fix for this is, that the netbase postinst should simply create the
> /etc/sysctl.d/ directory if not existent.
I do not want an obvious fix, I want the people who care about non-linux
ports to tell me how they should be tested for.

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Marco

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Message #34 received at 559754@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>

To: Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>

Cc: 559754@bugs.debian.org, Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#559754: fails to install if /etc/sysctl.d/ not present

Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:14:09 +0100

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Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Dec 07, Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote:
> 
>> The obvious fix for this is, that the netbase postinst should simply create the
>> /etc/sysctl.d/ directory if not existent.
> I do not want an obvious fix, I want the people who care about non-linux
> ports to tell me how they should be tested for.

Well, my point was, that it also fails to install on linux, because procps is
not guaranteed to be installed (as e.g. is in my pbuilder chroot), so the
/etc/sysctl.d directory is not present.

That the sysctl snippet has no effect on non-linux is another issue and should
probably be handled in a separate bug report.

Michael
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Message #39 received at 559754-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>

To: 559754-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#559754: fixed in netbase 4.39

Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:52:21 +0000

Source: netbase
Source-Version: 4.39

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
netbase, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

netbase_4.39.dsc
  to main/n/netbase/netbase_4.39.dsc
netbase_4.39.tar.gz
  to main/n/netbase/netbase_4.39.tar.gz
netbase_4.39_all.deb
  to main/n/netbase/netbase_4.39_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 559754@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:02:29 +0100
Source: netbase
Binary: netbase
Architecture: source all
Version: 4.39
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
Changed-By: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
Description: 
 netbase    - Basic TCP/IP networking system
Closes: 559754
Changes: 
 netbase (4.39) unstable; urgency=low
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   * Create /etc/sysctl.d/ if it does not exist and do nothing on non-Linux
     systems. (Closes: #559754)
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