Doesn't install in Feisty unless you run: sudo touch /etc/inittab ** Summary changed:
- runsvdir not started at boot-up + runsvdir does not use upstart ** Description changed: - Binary package hint: runit - - After installing 'runit' and 'socklog' in order to use 'bincimap', my - system fails to run 'runsvdir' at boot-up. This is despite the fact - that '/etc/inittab' has been rewritten to contain the stanza: + runsvdir does not use upstart. This causes the following two issues: + Doesn't start after being installed: + After installing 'runit' and 'socklog' in order to use 'bincimap', my system fails to run 'runsvdir' at boot-up. This is despite the fact that '/etc/inittab' has been rewritten to contain the stanza: #-- runit begin SV:123456:respawn:/usr/sbin/runsvdir-start #-- runit end Searching for messages in the system logs turns up nothing ferrix:~# find /var/log -type f -exec grep -l -e 'runit\|runsvdir' {} \; /var/log/auth.log /var/log/dpkg.log.1 /var/log/popularity-contest.0 /var/log/popularity-contest /var/log/auth.log.0 - Searching for the process ferrix:~# ps ax | grep runsvdir also reveals nothing + However, executing 'runsvdir-start' by hand brings the subsystem up + without error - However, executing 'runsvdir-start' by hand brings the subsystem up without error + Cannot be installed: + cp: cannot stat `/etc/inittab': No such file or directory + dpkg: error processing runit (--configure): + subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 + dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ebox: + ebox depends on runit; however: + Package runit is not configured yet. + dpkg: error processing ebox (--configure): + dependency problems - leaving unconfigured + Errors were encountered while processing: + runit + ebox + E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ** Tags added: upstart ** Changed in: runit (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- runsvdir does not use upstart https://launchpad.net/bugs/74135 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs