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Bug#247712: marked as done (xdm: postinst fails if init script fails to start)

Your message dated Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:39:45 +0100
with message-id <45E75631.8060803@ens-lyon.org>
and subject line Bug#247712: xdm: postinst fails if init script fails to start
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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(administrator, Debian Bugs database)
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Package: xdm
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1

On configuration stage, xdm does a /etc/init.d/xdm start which will fail
and subsequently make the configuration stage to fail if the
configuration is done:
1) in an automatic install environment with a fake start-stop-daemon
(like debootstrap)
2) on a server that has no proper hardware to start xdm (no video card)

I think that the best option would be to make failure of start atempt to
non-fatal to the post-install script, or to remove the extra check for
existance or /var/run/xdm.pid and rely on features provided by
start-stop-daemon.

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Best regards,
    Aigars Mahinovs        mailto:aigarius@debian.org
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Closing since the maintainer said it was fine and the submitter never
replied to explain his problem.

Brice

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