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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 30 Jan 2004 21:56:42 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 30 13:56:42 2004 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from dsl093-230-014.lou1.dsl.speakeasy.net (abu.osaurus.us) [66.93.230.14] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1Amgd0-0007sl-00; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:56:42 -0800 Received: from dm by abu.osaurus.us with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AmgbR-00056Y-00; Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:55:05 -0500 From: David Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: apache: will not install unless /etc/init.d/apache pre-exists X-Mailer: reportbug 1.50 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:55:05 -0500 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: David Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-BadReturnPath: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rewritten as [EMAIL PROTECTED] using "From" header Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_01_27 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=4.0 tests=FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD,HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_01_27 X-Spam-Level: Package: apache Version: 1.3.26-0woody3 Severity: important Lets install apache abu:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i apache_1.3.26-0woody3_i386.deb (Reading database ... 92942 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace apache 1.3.26-0woody3 (using apache_1.3.26-0woody3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement apache ... Setting up apache (1.3.26-0woody3) ... update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/apache: file does not exist dpkg: error processing apache (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: apache Can't do it. Hm. Well lets touch this initscript: abu:/var/cache/apt/archives# touch /etc/init.d/apache ; chmod 777 /etc/init.d/apache Now it goes through!: abu:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i apache_1.3.26-0woody3_i386.deb (Reading database ... 92942 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace apache 1.3.26-0woody3 (using apache_1.3.26-0woody3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement apache ... Setting up apache (1.3.26-0woody3) ... But unfortunately (for me) doesn't clobber the initscript. abu:/var/cache/apt/archives# cat /etc/init.d/apache abu:/var/cache/apt/archives# -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux abu 2.4.22 #1 Sun Sep 21 16:07:44 EDT 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages apache depends on: ii apache-common 1.3.26-0woody3 Support files for all Apache webse ii dpkg 1.9.21 Package maintenance system for Deb ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdb2 2:2.7.7.0-7 The Berkeley database routines (ru ii libexpat1 1.95.2-6 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii logrotate 3.5.9-8 Log rotation utility ii mime-support 3.18-1.3 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.6.1-8.3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl [perl5] 5.6.1-8.3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction --------------------------------------- Received: (at 230419-done) by bugs.debian.org; 2 Feb 2004 09:44:16 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Feb 02 01:44:16 2004 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from vawad.samfundet.no (vawad.raw.no) [129.241.93.49] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1Anacp-0002Z9-00; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 01:44:16 -0800 Received: from 113.80-202-211.nextgentel.com ([80.202.211.113] helo=yiwaz.raw.no) by vawad.raw.no with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.30) id 1Anaca-0000Ky-H5; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 10:44:00 +0100 Received: by yiwaz.raw.no (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 718475EF87; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:43:59 +0100 (CET) To: David Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#230419: apache: will not install unless /etc/init.d/apache pre-exists Mail-Copies-To: never References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Private Mail-Followup-To: Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 10:43:59 +0100 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (David Morse's message of "Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:55:05 -0500") Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_02_01 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=4.0 tests=HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_02_01 X-Spam-Level: * David Morse | abu:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i apache_1.3.26-0woody3_i386.deb | (Reading database ... 92942 files and directories currently installed.) | Preparing to replace apache 1.3.26-0woody3 (using apache_1.3.26-0woody3_i386.deb) ... You are upgrading or reinstalling, it seems? | Unpacking replacement apache ... | Setting up apache (1.3.26-0woody3) ... | update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/apache: file does not exist | dpkg: error processing apache (--install): | subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 | Errors were encountered while processing: | apache Of course not, if you have removed it. It's a conffile. Try installing using dpkg -i --force-confmiss apache_1.3.26-0woody3_i386.deb . I'm closing this bug; this is documented elsewhere. -- Tollef Fog Heen ,''`. UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are : :' : `. `' `-