Debian bug report logs - #1763 sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d Package: sysklogd ; Reported by: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From kryten.it.com.au!andrew Sat Oct 28 11:26:56 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t9Fy3-000D77C; Sat, 28 Oct 95 11:26 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21113 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 28 Oct 1995 11:26:23 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 29 Oct 95 02:26 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d To: joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE (Martin Schulze), debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 02:26:04 +0800 (WST) In-Reply-To: from "Martin Schulze" at Oct 28, 95 02:00:21 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1074 Martin Schulze writes: > > Hallo Andrew Howell! > > }update-rc.d sysklogd defaults 10 90 >/dev/null > > Remember: 10 and 90 (!!) > > }# Purge the files of the old "syslog" package, it's now called "sysklog". > } > }rm -f /etc/cron.weekly/syslogd /etc/init.d/syslogd \ > } /etc/rc[0-6].d/[SK]20syslogd \ > } /etc/rc[0-6].d/[SK]20sysklogd > } > }Your making the links, then deleting them afterwards. > > No, these are old files with priority of 20. duh, I should look a little closer I think :) Hmmm wonder why I was missing my links then... I had to create them manually after I installed the package. Oh well doesn't matter now we've switched to release 15 as it seems to work fine. Andew -- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Thu Oct 26 06:04:01 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8RyS-000CvJC; Thu, 26 Oct 95 06:04 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21786 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Thu, 26 Oct 1995 06:03:29 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t8RyB-0007uQC; Thu, 26 Oct 95 13:03 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t8Ry1-0002abC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 26 Oct 95 13:03 GMT Message-Id: Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 13:03 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d In-Reply-To: References: Andrew Howell writes ("Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d"): > Ian Jackson writes: > > Installing the new package will probably wipe out the user's > > configuration, including the syslog.conf !! > > No it doesn't it was written nicely so you get to keep your old > configs. The only thing wrong with it is what I mentioned in my bug > report. As I wrote earlier, there is a problem in dpkg related to packages taking over each other's conffiles. I'm still considering how best to solve it, but in this case the solution (not renaming the package) is obvious. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From kryten.it.com.au!andrew Wed Oct 25 21:25:16 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8JsS-0005hNC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 21:25 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24258 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 21:24:44 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 26 Oct 95 12:18 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d To: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk, debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:18:12 +0800 (WST) In-Reply-To: from "Ian Jackson" at Oct 26, 95 02:44:00 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 642 Ian Jackson writes: > Installing the new package will probably wipe out the user's > configuration, including the syslog.conf !! No it doesn't it was written nicely so you get to keep your old configs. The only thing wrong with it is what I mentioned in my bug report. Andrew -- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 25 21:18:35 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8Jlz-000BygC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 21:18 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24125 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 21:18:07 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 25 Oct 95 23:21 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 23:21 EST From: Ian Murdock To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: (message from Bruce Perens on Wed, 25 Oct 1995 21:13:02 -0700) Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 21:13:02 -0700 From: Bruce Perens Can I work around the problem by simply renaming the package (to remove the "k") and rebuilding it from source? I _think_ that's all I need to do. Yes, I think that would do it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Murdock : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From pixar.com!bruce Wed Oct 25 21:13:12 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8Jgm-000646C; Wed, 25 Oct 95 21:13 PDT Received: from mongo.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA23939 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 21:12:46 -0700 Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8Jgc-0006G6C; Wed, 25 Oct 95 21:13 PDT Message-Id: To: Ian Murdock , debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: bruce@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Oct 1995 22:27:00 PST." Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 21:13:02 -0700 From: Bruce Perens Can I work around the problem by simply renaming the package (to remove the "k") and rebuilding it from source? I _think_ that's all I need to do. Bruce ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Bruce Perens : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 25 20:19:00 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8IqK-0003fhC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 20:19 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21064 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 20:24:11 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 25 Oct 95 22:27 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 22:27 EST From: Ian Murdock To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: (message from Ian Murdock on Wed, 25 Oct 95 22:09 EST) Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 22:09 EST From: Ian Murdock Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 02:44 GMT From: Ian Jackson The new syslog package with the `k' in its name should be REMOVED from the distribution and replaced with the old one with the `k'. I said a while ago that it should not be moved into it, and now that it has been it should be removed again immediately. Sorry--I must've missed your first request. By the time I saw your request, it was too late. That is to say, I'd already replaced the old package with the new one. Does anyone have a copy with the old one that we can use until a fixed package is available? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Murdock : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 25 20:01:21 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8IZE-000C46C; Wed, 25 Oct 95 20:01 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA20609 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 20:06:00 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 25 Oct 95 22:09 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 22:09 EST From: Ian Murdock To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: (message from Ian Jackson on Thu, 26 Oct 95 02:44 GMT) Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 02:44 GMT From: Ian Jackson The new syslog package with the `k' in its name should be REMOVED from the distribution and replaced with the old one with the `k'. I said a while ago that it should not be moved into it, and now that it has been it should be removed again immediately. Sorry--I must've missed your first request. By the time I saw your request, it was too late. Could the sysklogd maintainer fix this ASAP? We'll have to rebuild the base diskettes, too, to incorporate the fixed package. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Murdock : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Wed Oct 25 19:40:55 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t8IFS-000BdNC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 19:40 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA18503 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 19:44:50 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t8IJa-0007uQC; Thu, 26 Oct 95 02:45 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t8IJN-0002bMC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 26 Oct 95 02:44 GMT Message-Id: Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 02:44 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d In-Reply-To: References: Andrew Howell writes ("Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d"): > Ian Jackson writes: > > Since the package should not have been renamed (see my recent message > > on debian-devel) this is all moot, but what should really have been > > done was just to add the extra `k' to the existing links. > > Considering it's now in binary/base and probably on the new disk set Bruce > is making I wouldn't call it moot. The new syslog package with the `k' in its name should be REMOVED from the distribution and replaced with the old one with the `k'. I said a while ago that it should not be moved into it, and now that it has been it should be removed again immediately. Installing the new package will probably wipe out the user's configuration, including the syslog.conf !! Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From kryten.it.com.au!andrew Wed Oct 25 09:33:31 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t88lf-0005ygC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 09:33 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA05776 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 09:32:39 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Thu, 26 Oct 95 00:28 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d To: ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk, debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 00:28:14 +0800 (WST) In-Reply-To: from "Ian Jackson" at Oct 25, 95 01:13:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 804 Ian Jackson writes: > Since the package should not have been renamed (see my recent message > on debian-devel) this is all moot, but what should really have been > done was just to add the extra `k' to the existing links. Considering it's now in binary/base and probably on the new disk set Bruce is making I wouldn't call it moot. > Removing the user's configuration and replacing it with the default > one isn't good. I agree. Andrew -- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Wed Oct 25 06:14:17 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t85eq-0005OCC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 06:14 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA24820 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 06:13:49 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t85eN-0007uOC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 13:13 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t85eG-0002bCC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 25 Oct 95 13:13 GMT Message-Id: Date: Wed, 25 Oct 95 13:13 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d Andrew Howell writes ("Bug#1763: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d"): > Package: sysklogd > Version: 1.2-13 > > There were no links to /etc/init.d/sysklogd in /etc/rc2.d so klogd > and syslogd didn't get started. > > The culprit is these lines in the postinst script. > > update-rc.d sysklogd defaults 10 90 >/dev/null > > # Purge the files of the old "syslog" package, it's now called "sysklog". > > rm -f /etc/cron.weekly/syslogd /etc/init.d/syslogd \ > /etc/rc[0-6].d/[SK]20syslogd \ > /etc/rc[0-6].d/[SK]20sysklogd > > Your making the links, then deleting them afterwards. Since the package should not have been renamed (see my recent message on debian-devel) this is all moot, but what should really have been done was just to add the extra `k' to the existing links. Removing the user's configuration and replacing it with the default one isn't good. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Ian Jackson : Extra info received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Information forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1763 ; Package sysklogd . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From kryten.it.com.au!andrew Wed Oct 25 03:00:10 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t82d0-000C6cC; Wed, 25 Oct 95 03:00 PDT Received: from kryten.it.com.au by pixar.com with SMTP id AA14264 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 25 Oct 1995 02:59:39 -0700 Received: by kryten.it.com.au id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 25 Oct 95 17:58 WST Message-Id: From: andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) Subject: sysklogd init script has no links to rcx.d To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 17:58:06 +0800 (WST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 867 Package: sysklogd Version: 1.2-13 There were no links to /etc/init.d/sysklogd in /etc/rc2.d so klogd and syslogd didn't get started. The culprit is these lines in the postinst script. update-rc.d sysklogd defaults 10 90 >/dev/null # Purge the files of the old "syslog" package, it's now called "sysklog". rm -f /etc/cron.weekly/syslogd /etc/init.d/syslogd \ /etc/rc[0-6].d/[SK]20syslogd \ /etc/rc[0-6].d/[SK]20sysklogd Your making the links, then deleting them afterwards. Andrew -- Dehydration - 34%, Recollection of previous evening - 2%, embarrassment factor - 91%. Advise repair schedule:- off line for 36 hours, re-boot startup disk, and replace head - wow, what a night! -- Kryten in Red Dwarf `The Last Day' Andrew Howell andrew@it.com.au Perth, Western Australia howellaa@cs.curtin.edu.au ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to andrew@kryten.it.com.au (Andrew Howell) : New bug report received and forwarded. 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