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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: "Jean-Marc B. van Schendel" <jeanmarc.vanschendel@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Suspected Bug in git install procedure [ git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) ]
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 01:05:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160829050547.sv4rslwp2ocehvgx@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKUcBEDwbZ7aLsa2w4dqNCRg3QQMo_2hm7-O-6o0Fg58ANYv=A@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 06:29:04AM +0200, Jean-Marc B. van Schendel wrote:

> Symptoms:
> On a fresh new install of Debian "Stretch" (8.5 alpha7, dated 2016-06-30),
> Trying to install a subset of Git packages (roughly, all those listed
> in git-all, except CVS-related packages)
> Install of package git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) fails, dpkg
> reporting error

The git-daemon-run package is entirely a Debian creation, and has more
to do with "runit" than it does with "git daemon" itself. In particular,
your problem:

> Assumed cause:
> The directory /etc/service does not exist, and the install procedure
> does not create it, subsequently fails to create a symlink (git-daemon
> --> /etc/sv/git-daemon)

looks like it's about the system runit setup. I didn't dig, but it's
probably related to:

  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=834087

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2016-08-29  5:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-08-29  4:29 Suspected Bug in git install procedure [ git-daemon-run (version 1:2.9.3-1) ] Jean-Marc B. van Schendel
2016-08-29  5:05 ` Jeff King [this message]
2016-08-29  7:15   ` Jean-Marc B. van Schendel

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