reassign 643659 cdebootstrap thanks On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Package: base-files > Version: 6.0squeeze2 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > I'm not sure what changed but today when I tried to create a chroot > cdebootstrap gave the following error: > > .... > O: Setting up base-files (6.0squeeze2) ... > P: Configuring package base-files > O: chown: invalid user: `root:root' > O: dpkg: error processing base-files (--configure): > O: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > O: Setting up libc-bin (2.11.2-10) ... > P: Configuring package libc-bin > O: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of bash: > O: bash depends on base-files (>= 2.1.12); however: > O: Package base-files is not configured yet. > O: dpkg: error processing bash (--configure): > O: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > .... > O: Setting up base-passwd (3.5.22) ... > P: Configuring package base-passwd > .... > O: Errors were encountered while processing: > O: base-files > O: bash > E: Internal error: install > > > As far as I can tell the problem is that there is no /etc/passwd until > base-passwd postinst runs and creates one. So until base-passwd is > configured you can't use symbolic names in chown. Of course I can, because base-passwd is "Essential: yes". base-files, like any other package, is right to assume that every essential package is ready to be used. > It looks to me like base-files should have a Depends: base-passwd to > ensure the corect ordering when configuring. But I have no idea why > that shows up now all of a sudden. No. This is not a problem base-files should try to solve. This is exactly the type of problem that tools like cdebootstrap are supposed to solve, i.e. breaking all the implicit circular dependencies, hence the reassign. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
