From: "Jean-Marc B. van Schendel" <jeanmarc.vanschendel@gmail.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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 09:15:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKUcBEAmaALBQT9YdgCRcCBeALKJ1QTHtcVSDRWvMLQwrGFSHg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160829050547.sv4rslwp2ocehvgx@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Thanks for the reply...
Indeed there was a problem with the runit package (2.1.2-5), which
_should_ have created /etc/system/ as a link to (in my case)
/etc/runit/runsvdir/current ...
Upgrading to runit 2.1.2-6 clears this off.
Regards
--jmbvs
Jean-Marc B. van Schendel
email: jeanmarc.vanschendel@gmail.com
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> 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
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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
2016-08-29 7:15 ` Jean-Marc B. van Schendel [this message]
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