Bug#368587: invoke-rc.d: initscript nscd, action "stop" failed.
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 09:16:27AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:40:18PM +0200, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote:
> > klecker:~$ ps -fe|grep nscd
> > frankie 14797 4397 0 12:27 pts/17 00:00:00 grep nscd
> > klecker:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/nscd start
> > Starting Name Service Cache Daemon: nscd.
> > klecker:~$ ps -fe|grep nscd
> > root 14804 1 0 12:27 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/nscd
> > frankie 14812 4397 0 12:27 pts/17 00:00:00 grep nscd
> > klecker:~$ sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree... Done
> > Calculating upgrade... Done
> > The following packages will be upgraded:
> > nscd
> > 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > 30 not fully installed or removed.
> > Need to get 0B/136kB of archives.
> > After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
> > Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
> > Reading package fields... Done
> > Reading package status... Done
> > Retrieving bug reports... Done
> > Reading changelogs... Done
> > (Reading database ... 164331 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Preparing to replace nscd 2.3.6-7 (using .../archives/nscd_2.3.6-9_i386.deb) ...
> > Stopping Name Service Cache Daemon: nscd.
> > invoke-rc.d: initscript nscd, action "stop" failed.
> > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> > Stopping Name Service Cache Daemon: nscd.
> > invoke-rc.d: initscript nscd, action "stop" failed.
> > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nscd_2.3.6-9_i386.deb (--unpack):
> > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > Starting Name Service Cache Daemon: nscd.
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /var/cache/apt/archives/nscd_2.3.6-9_i386.deb
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> If the init script fails to stop the daemon, it is *correct* to fail the
> upgrade as well. We should not leave old versions of daemons silently
> running after upgrade, this is a potential security hole.
>
> The real question here is why the init script is failing to stop nscd on
> your system. This may or may not warrant an RC severity; probably not,
> since it hasn't been reported before now.
>
Sorry, but my point is another:
klecker:~$ pgrep start
klecker:~$ pgrep nscd
26316
klecker:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/nscd stop
Stopping Name Service Cache Daemon: nscd.
klecker:~$ pgrep nscd
klecker:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/nscd stop
Stopping Name Service Cache Daemon: nscd.
klecker:~$ echo $?
1
This is incorrect. If the admin stops the daemon for his own reasons,
the upgrade fails as well. Incidentally I think the program has
also some random issue with stopping (and eventually starting) the daemon (see
#362092 and others).
--
Francesco P. Lovergine
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