Re: missing init.d functions from lsb in Sarge
Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> Some scripts included in backports (like the ifdown stuff from
> wpasupplicant) use functions from /lib/lsb/init-functions that are not
> available in Sarge. The next hostapd backport (0.5.5) will also be
> affected:
> /etc/init.d/hostapd: line 38: log_daemon_msg: command not found
> /etc/init.d/hostapd: line 44: log_progress_msg: command not found
> Right now this does not affect the basic functionality of the backport,
> the only problem is that users will see the above error messages
> instead of:
> Starting advanced IEEE 802.11 management: hostapd.
> What is the recommeded way of dealing with this?
[...]
Reporting a (probably serious) bug against the original package if it
does not have a versioned dependency on the required version of
lsb-base.
lsb-base is not essential, if packages use it they must declare a
dependency.
cu and- got bitten by this in exim4 myself -reas
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