dbndns install fails due to lack of daemontools upstart support

Bug #427455 reported by nentis
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Bug Description

Distro: Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 i386

daemontools-run is trying to modify /etc/inittab, which doesn't exist due to the move to upstart. This package should be modified to generate the correct upstart configuration method of doing things.

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krisa@kavula(~)$ sudo aptitude install dbndns
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  daemontools{a} daemontools-run{a} dbndns ucspi-tcp{a}
0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 399kB of archives. After unpacking 1933kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Writing extended state information... Done
Get:1 http://mirrors.kernel.org jaunty/universe daemontools 1:0.76-3 [65.5kB]
Get:2 http://mirrors.kernel.org jaunty/universe daemontools-run 1:0.76-3 [9372B]
Get:3 http://mirrors.kernel.org jaunty/universe dbndns 1:1.05-5 [234kB]
Get:4 http://mirrors.kernel.org jaunty/universe ucspi-tcp 1:0.88-2 [90.1kB]
Fetched 399kB in 5s (72.8kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package daemontools.
(Reading database ... 182069 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking daemontools (from .../daemontools_1%3a0.76-3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package daemontools-run.
Unpacking daemontools-run (from .../daemontools-run_1%3a0.76-3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package dbndns.
Unpacking dbndns (from .../dbndns_1%3a1.05-5_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package ucspi-tcp.
Unpacking ucspi-tcp (from .../ucspi-tcp_1%3a0.88-2_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up daemontools (1:0.76-3) ...
Setting up daemontools-run (1:0.76-3) ...
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
Adding SV inittab entry...
cp: cannot stat `/etc/inittab': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing daemontools-run (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Setting up dbndns (1:1.05-5) ...
Setting up ucspi-tcp (1:0.88-2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 daemontools-run
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up daemontools-run (1:0.76-3) ...
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
grep: /etc/inittab: No such file or directory
Adding SV inittab entry...
cp: cannot stat `/etc/inittab': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing daemontools-run (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 daemontools-run
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done

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