Failed to install rpcbind

[H.i.M]

I tried to install nfs-common, but rpcbind prevented me to do so.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install rpcbind
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
rpcbind ist schon die neueste Version.
0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 112 nicht aktualisiert.
1 nicht vollständig installiert oder entfernt.
Nach dieser Operation werden 0 B Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
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rpcbind (0.2.0-6ubuntu3) wird eingerichtet ...
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/rpcbind ...
start: Unknown job: portmap
invoke-rc.d: initscript portmap, action "start" failed.
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten von rpcbind (--configure):
 Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
 rpcbind
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: rpcbind 0.2.0-6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.284
Date: Fri Sep 23 13:44:18 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110921.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rpcbind
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

> start: Unknown job: portmap

This indicates that there is a problem with the installation of /etc/init/portmap.conf, included in the rpcbind package. Does this file exist on your system? Please attach a copy to this bug report.

[Gabriel Thörnblad (gabriel-thornblad)]

I can't speak for the original reporter, but this happened to me on a live-cd system (Ubuntu rescue-mix). Upstart did not rescan the /etc/init directory automatically, so I had to manually do a

initctl reload-configuration

and then try the installation again. Just thought I would post this here as maybe someone else tries the same thing.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Yes, I've also noticed that /etc/init doesn't get rescanned when booted from live CDs. I suspect this is a problem with the inotify support on the squashfs.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Looking at the original report, I see that this was on a livefs (CasperVersion is present). So yes, it's the inotify problem. Marking as a duplicate of the master bug for this kernel issue.