Bug#482788: xfs is not running after upgrade
Stepan Golosunov wrote:
> Package: xfs
> Version: 1:1.0.7-2
> Severity: normal
>
> During upgrade xfs is stopped and not started:
>
> Preparing to replace xfs 1:1.0.6-1 (using .../xfs_1%3a1.0.7-2_i386.deb) ...
> Stopping X font server: xfs.
> Removing obsolete conffile /etc/X11/fs/xfs.options ...
> Unpacking replacement xfs ...
> ...
> Setting up xfs (1:1.0.7-2) ...
> Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/xfs ...
> xfs already in /etc/runlevel.conf: No change.
>
> Postinst is looking into /etc/X11/fs/xfs.options, but as this file is
> removed by preinst, it always defines NOSTART=yes and does not start xfs.
>
Right. The maintainer scripts in <<1.0.7 would completely ignore all the
xfs restart logic. They should work fine now, but the transition from
the old buggy ones to the new fixed ones is not perfect yet. When
upgrading from << 1.0.7, the old buggy prerm is called and it
systematically stops xfs without telling the new postinst to restart it
later. We may need a special case like "if upgrading from <<1.0.7, start
the daemon anyway". I'll look at it.
Brice
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