Package: rsync Version: 3.0.3-2 Severity: important When upgrading from Etch to Lenny, the rsync package returns this error:
Setting up rsync (3.0.3-2) ... Restarting rsync daemon: rsyncrsync daemon not running, attempting to start. (warning). missing or empty config file /etc/rsyncd.conf failed! failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript rsync, action "restart" failed. dpkg: error processing rsync (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: rsync E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I suggest this modification in postinst script: --- rsync.postinst.bak 2008-07-25 07:07:03.000000000 -0300 +++ rsync.postinst 2009-02-17 12:04:13.000000000 -0300 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fi -if [ -x /etc/init.d/rsync ]; then +if [ -x /etc/init.d/rsync -a -f /etc/rsyncd.conf ]; then update-rc.d rsync defaults >/dev/null if [ -x /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d ]; then invoke-rc.d rsync restart Regards, Eriberto - Brazil -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages rsync depends on: ii base-files 5 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii libacl1 2.2.47-2 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpopt0 1.14-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip rsync recommends no packages. Versions of packages rsync suggests: ii openssh-client 1:5.1p1-5 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii openssh-server 1:5.1p1-5 secure shell server, an rshd repla -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org