Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: procps
The postinst of procps starts the service using the upstart command
'start procps'. If upstart is not running it fails with "start: Unable
to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart:
Connection refused". Whilst it is policy that the postinst script of a
package should try to start the service the package installation should
not fail just because the service didn't start.
This is trivially fixed by appending || true to the start procps line in
procps.postinst
This solution is already present in the udev postinst script
Examples of cases when this is practical problem:
If the package is being installed in a chroot created on a Debian system (or
any other system not runnig upstart) then it fails to install, and stops other
packages that depend on it from installing.
Currently using multistrap or debootstrap to create a maverick chroot on
a Debian system falls over on this bug.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 18 11:25:01 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
NonfreeKernelModules: iwlagn nfs lockd fscache nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc sco
parport_pc ppdev bridge lp parport stp bnep rfcomm l2cap input_polldev
binfmt_misc uinput fuse ext3 jbd loop snd_hda_codec_conexant arc4 ecb btusb
bluetooth pl2303 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss
snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi iwlcore snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq usbserial snd_timer i915 mac80211 snd_seq_device drm_kms_helper drm snd
cfg80211 thinkpad_acpi soundcore led_class snd_page_alloc rfkill intel_agp
psmouse i2c_i801 i2c_algo_bit nvram agpgart serio_raw pcspkr evdev i2c_core
video output wmi button battery ac processor ext4 mbcache jbd2 crc16
sha256_generic cryptd aes_x86_64 aes_generic cbc dm_crypt dm_mod sd_mod
crc_t10dif uhci_hcd ahci libata thermal ehci_hcd scsi_mod usbcore thermal_sys
e1000e nls_base
Package: procps 1:3.2.8-9ubuntu3
ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
SourcePackage: procps
Tags: maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 x86_64
** Affects: procps (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick
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procps will not install in debootstrap or multistrap unless upstart is running
on the host system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/619783
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