Package: udev
Version: 164-3
Tags: patch
During my upgrade squeeze, I found that I was not able to configure
the new udev:
# dpkg --configure --abort-after=10000 udev
Setting up udev (164-3) ...
start-stop-daemon: need at least one of --exec, --pidfile or --user
Try `start-stop-daemon --help' for more information.
dpkg: error processing udev (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 3
Errors were encountered while processing:
udev
#
The error message from start-stop-daemon is correct. Use of --name
without --user is hazardous. I was able to work around the problem by
editing the postinst by hand; see below.
It is likely that something will need to be done to the preinst too.
Ian.
--- /var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst~ 2010-12-13 02:27:53.000000000 +0000
+++ /var/lib/dpkg/info/udev.postinst 2011-12-18 13:31:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
}
restart_udevd() {
- start-stop-daemon --stop --name udevd --oknodo --quiet --retry 5
+ start-stop-daemon --stop --user root --name udevd --oknodo --quiet --retry 5
local rc=0
udevd --daemon || rc=$?
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