Activity log for bug #74135

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2006-12-02 09:25:36 Andrew Burrow bug added bug
2006-12-21 03:50:58 Corey Burger description 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: #-- 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 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 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)
2006-12-21 03:50:58 Corey Burger title runsvdir not started at boot-up runsvdir does not use upstart
2006-12-21 03:51:27 Corey Burger runit: status Unconfirmed Confirmed
2006-12-21 03:51:27 Corey Burger runit: statusexplanation Doesn't install in Feisty unless you run: sudo touch /etc/inittab
2006-12-21 04:20:12 Corey Burger runit: importance Undecided Medium
2006-12-21 04:20:12 Corey Burger runit: statusexplanation Doesn't install in Feisty unless you run: sudo touch /etc/inittab
2007-12-22 17:15:05 Launchpad Janitor runit: status Confirmed Fix Released
2007-12-23 11:13:26 Hendy Irawan bug assigned to git-core (Ubuntu)
2007-12-23 19:20:07 Luca Falavigna runit: assignee dktrkranz
2008-05-28 13:30:46 Gabriel de Perthuis bug added attachment 'start-supervisor.patch' (start-supervisor.patch)
2008-05-28 13:32:19 Gabriel de Perthuis runit: status Fix Released In Progress
2008-06-13 13:28:57 Luca Falavigna git-core: status New Invalid
2008-06-23 13:30:08 Launchpad Janitor runit: status In Progress Fix Released
2009-08-11 11:47:08 Launchpad Janitor branch linked lp:ubuntu/karmic/runit