Re: Sysv-rc (Urgent)
On Sunday 06 September 2009 21:23:10 debian-user-digest-
request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> > The upgrade from sid finds it unsafe to change to dependency based boot
> > and leaves it unconfigured with a couple of missing .rc files.
>
> What are .rc files?
Reinstalling over testing did not flag them again!
>
> > 1. Is the system bootable at this point?
>
> I think yes, you will get the same boot order as before.
>
> > 2. Downgrade this to testing? I did that but can always re-upgrade.
>
> This might not be safe, there are numerous changes and I don't know if
> downgrades have been tested at all.
So I put the new one on..
>
> > 3. Leaving the co-version sysvinit-utils for now until this is resolved
> > but the testing and previously installed sid versions do not match.
>
> It seems that sysvinit lacks a versioned dependency on sysvinit-utils,
> because /sbin/bootlogd has moved from sysvinit to sysvinit-utils in
> version 2.86.ds1-66. If you don't use the bootlogd (BOOTLOGD_ENABLE=No
> in /etc/default/bootlogd) it shouldn't matter, though.
I installed this as well. Probably has the rc files here
Interesting that the problems preventing the "migration" are:
1. bittorent left obsolete init.d script I have no need for bittorent,
actually.
2. jackd left behind and obsolete init.d script. I do not start jackd using
this script since many audio things do not work with it. I need to use jackd
manually.
3. Mono-xsp left behind an obsolete init.d script. This is a standalone
asp.net knockoff--I can remove this as well since were I to use mono-xsp, I
would do so using apache.
4. Package pcscd removed by not purged. I am purging it.
5. Reniced removed by not purged. I use and instead of this one. Purge it.
6. Timidity left behind and obsolete init.d script.
7. Virtual Box 2.0 removed by not purge (OK, already, change "by" to "but")--
Sun should fix this. Vbox upgrades do not replace the old one--one must remove
it and then install the new one. Shame on them. Purging them.
8. K20hddtemp missing LSB tags and overrides. The only one really relevant?
Purging bittorrent and the othes leaves me with obsolete init.d scripts from
jackd and timidity. I want these packages but not necessarily the init.d
scripts to start them. (In fact, Timidity now has a separate daemon package.)
So how do I fix this.
Then there is the k20hddtemp.
I have had insserv around for a while but never used it because I was afraid
to end up with an unbootable system and no recourse. Since insserv warns that
one cannot turn back while debian maintainers say best to go ahead .... what
to do?
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Actually, sysv-rc becomes just one of a number of unconfigured packages--all
those java-gcj ecj things which I would just as well get rid of except
openoffice seems to need one or more of these. Would love to see this
resolved. I use Sun's own Java.
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