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Bug#700051: sysvinit: fails to create /etc/inittab from a fresh debootstrap
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David Comeau (SaturnNiGHTS)
Feb 7, 2013, 5:10:02 PM2/7/13
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Package: sysvinit
Version: 2.88dsf-40
Severity: critical
Hello.
It appears that with the new package that has been pushed to
sid/unstable [sysvinit 2.88dsf-40], performing a debootstrap install
results in an installation with no /etc/inittab. This appears to occur
due to a section of sysvinit.postinst not running, due to being in a
fakeroot/chroot/install environment, and having no init process to
reinitialize. That section of the postinst looks like it doesn't
execute [do_restart()], which unfortunately also includes:
if [ ! -f /etc/inittab ]
then
cp -p /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab /etc/inittab
fi
This results in a debootstrap that has no /etc/inittab, and fails:
Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... done.
INIT: version 2.88 booting
INIT: No inittab file found
Enter runlevel:
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Version: 2.88dsf-40
Severity: critical
Hello.
It appears that with the new package that has been pushed to
sid/unstable [sysvinit 2.88dsf-40], performing a debootstrap install
results in an installation with no /etc/inittab. This appears to occur
due to a section of sysvinit.postinst not running, due to being in a
fakeroot/chroot/install environment, and having no init process to
reinitialize. That section of the postinst looks like it doesn't
execute [do_restart()], which unfortunately also includes:
if [ ! -f /etc/inittab ]
then
cp -p /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab /etc/inittab
fi
This results in a debootstrap that has no /etc/inittab, and fails:
Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... done.
INIT: version 2.88 booting
INIT: No inittab file found
Enter runlevel:
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Roger Leigh
Feb 7, 2013, 7:40:01 PM2/7/13
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forcemerge 700048 700051
thanks
On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 05:11:00PM -0500, David Comeau (SaturnNiGHTS) wrote:
> i don't know why this created again. really sorry about that.
> please close as already filed.
No worries, I'll just merge them so they are closed together.
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thanks
On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 05:11:00PM -0500, David Comeau (SaturnNiGHTS) wrote:
> i don't know why this created again. really sorry about that.
> please close as already filed.
No worries, I'll just merge them so they are closed together.
--
.''`. Roger Leigh
: :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/
`. `' schroot and sbuild http://alioth.debian.org/projects/buildd-tools
`- GPG Public Key F33D 281D 470A B443 6756 147C 07B3 C8BC 4083 E800
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