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and subject line Re: sysv-rc: invoke-rc.d postfix start fails to start
has caused the Debian Bug report #672838,
regarding invoke-rc.d: postfix start fails to start
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Package: sysv-rc
Version: 2.88dsf-22.1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Expected results
invoke-rc.d postfix start
Should start the postfix service.
Actual results.
The command returns zero but does not start postfix.
ettin:~# ps -ef|grep postfix
root 17238 16921 0 20:17 pts/2 00:00:00 grep postfix
ettin:~# invoke-rc.d postfix start
ettin:~# echo $?
0
ettin:~# !ps
ps -ef|grep postfix
root 17263 16921 0 20:17 pts/2 00:00:00 grep postfix
ettin:~# invoke-rc.d postfix restart
ettin:~# echo $?
0
ettin:~# ps -ef|grep postfix
root 17281 16921 0 20:18 pts/2 00:00:00 grep postfix
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages sysv-rc depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.42
ii insserv 1.14.0-3
ii sysvinit-utils 2.88dsf-22.1
Versions of packages sysv-rc recommends:
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian2
Versions of packages sysv-rc suggests:
pn bum <none>
pn sysv-rc-conf <none>
-- debconf information:
* sysv-rc/unable-to-convert:
* sysv-rc/convert-legacy: true
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On Sun, 13 May 2012 20:32:39 -0400 Neil Watson <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Package: sysv-rc
> Version: 2.88dsf-22.1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Expected results
> invoke-rc.d postfix start
> Should start the postfix service.
>
> Actual results.
> The command returns zero but does not start postfix.
>
> ettin:~# ps -ef|grep postfix
> root 17238 16921 0 20:17 pts/2 00:00:00 grep postfix
> ettin:~# invoke-rc.d postfix start
> ettin:~# echo $?
> 0
> ettin:~# !ps
> ps -ef|grep postfix
> root 17263 16921 0 20:17 pts/2 00:00:00 grep postfix
> ettin:~# invoke-rc.d postfix restart
> ettin:~# echo $?
> 0
> ettin:~# ps -ef|grep postfix
> root 17281 16921 0 20:18 pts/2 00:00:00 grep postfix
>
This is with most certainty a bug in the init script, not returning
proper exit codes, but not with invoke-rc.d. I'm therefore closing the
bug report.
If you still encounter any issue,s please file them against the postfix
package.
Regards,
Michael
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