Re: Failed dist-upgrade of 7.1/wheezy and can't reboot/halt (sysvinit related)
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Russell Warren <russ@perspexis.com> wrote:
>> Ow. Uninstalling the running init is likely to cause problems. If
>> possible, install upstart and sysvinit alongside each other... No, wait.
>> upstart conflicts with sysvinit.
>>
>> I would suggest that, unless you meant to switch inits, you re-install
>> upstart (which will remove sysvinit again).
>>
>> If you ARE trying to switch inits, you may be on your own :/
>
>
> I am definitely NOT trying to switch inits! I'm not sure why this happened.
> I simply ran an `apt-get dist-upgrade` per the log I posted
> (https://dpaste.de/iVgQo/raw/) and it did it.
>
> I don't know what triggered it... all I can say is that, prior to this, my
> normal upgrades have been done with `aptitude upgrade`. The only reason I
> did the extra dist-upgrade is that apticron was telling me about those
> updates, they didn't happen with `aptitude upgrade`, so I bumped up to the
> `apt-get dist-upgrade`.
>
> I've since found this bug report, so I'm apparently not alone (and I also
> happen to be running under openvz... hmm):
> https://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2647
>
> I've tried re-installing upstart (ugh... "Yes, do as I say!"):
> http://paste.debian.net/plain/21059
>
> We'll see how that goes. I'm ensuring I've got full backups in place before
> trying a reboot.
>
Just for future reference. reinstalling upstart worked fine :>
greets!
aL
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