Subject: bug#689: openvpn: fatal error during installation

From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 07:21:40 +0100

Dimitris,

Thanks.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 12:38:00AM +0300, Dimitris T. wrote:
> Package: openvpn
> Version: 2.6.0~git20220518+dco-1devuan1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hey,
> 
> tried to install openvpn and got the following message during installation : 
> 
> Selecting previously unselected package openvpn.
> Preparing to unpack .../openvpn_2.6.0~git20220518+dco-1devuan1_amd64.deb ...
> Unpacking openvpn (2.6.0~git20220518+dco-1devuan1) ...
> Installing openvpn (2.6.0~git20220518+dco-1devuan1) ...
> Fatal! 2. Unable to understand action preset. Aborted.

Do you have either systemctl or systemctl-service-shim installed?

Thanks

Mark
> /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on openvpn.service: No such file or directory
> 
> openvpn seems to install ok and vpn connection works as expected afaik, no issues seen. just this installation error.
> 
> thanks,
> d.
> 
> 
> -- System Information:
> Distributor ID:	Devuan
> Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus/ceres)
> Release:	5
> Codename:	daedalus ceres
> Architecture: x86_64
> 
> Kernel: Linux 5.18.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
> Kernel taint flags: TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND
> Locale: LANG=el_GR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: runit (via /run/runit.stopit)
> 
> Versions of packages openvpn depends on:
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.79
> ii  libc6                  2.33-8
> ii  liblz4-1               1.9.3-2
> ii  liblzo2-2              2.10-2
> ii  libnl-3-200            3.5.0-0.1
> ii  libnl-genl-3-200       3.5.0-0.1
> ii  libpam0g               1.4.0-13
> ii  libpkcs11-helper1      1.29.0-1
> ii  libssl3                3.0.4-2
> ii  lsb-base               11.2
> 
> Versions of packages openvpn recommends:
> ii  easy-rsa  3.1.0-0.1
> 
> Versions of packages openvpn suggests:
> ii  openssl           3.0.4-2
> pn  openvpn-dco-dkms  <none>
> pn  resolvconf        <none>
> 
> -- debconf information:
>   openvpn/create_tun: false
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