Package: libc6 Version: 2.10.2-6 Severity: normal Hi,
the check in the postinst for services that need be restarted is buggy: ,----[ libc6.postinst ] | for service in $check; do | if [ -x "`which invoke-rc.d 2>/dev/null`" ]; then | invoke-rc.d ${service} status 2>/dev/null || status=$? | if [ "$status" = "0" ] || [ "$status" = "1" ] ; then | services="$service $services" | elif [ "$status" = "100" ] ; then | echo "WARNING: init script for $service not found." | fi | else `---- The problem is, it is not required for initscripts to provide the 'status' command (although supporting it is an unofficial release goal[1]). For example, when I upgraded from lenny to current squeeze, the following packages with initscripts checked in the postinst didn't support the 'status' command: atd cron lpd openbsd-inetd rsync Of these, atd, lpd and rsync returned the exit code "1", which is acceptable; cron and openbsd-inetd however returned the exit code "2", causing them not to be restarted. (Actually, NO services where restarted anyway due to bug #569701 (non-breaking space in libc6's postinst).) Nikolaus [1] http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/StatusSupport -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libc-bin 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-9 GCC support library Versions of packages libc6 recommends: ii libc6-i686 2.10.2-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i Versions of packages libc6 suggests: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii glibc-doc 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Documentat ii locales 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: National L -- debconf information: glibc/upgrade: true glibc/disable-screensaver: glibc/restart-failed: glibc/restart-services: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-glibc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100329231655.4259.86744.report...@luigi.zusammrottung.local