Subject: orphan-sysvinit-scripts: please add scripts for kexec-tools

From: Arthur Marsh <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:25:45 +1030

Package: orphan-sysvinit-scripts
Version: 0.11
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

kexec-tools up to 2.0.22-2 installs successfully on Devuan.  

kexec-tools 2.0.22-2+b1 gives the error:

Setting up kexec-tools (1:2.0.22-2+b1) ...
Error: argument 'restart' not supported
invoke-rc.d: initscript kexec, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing package kexec-tools (--install):
 installed kexec-tools package post-installation script subprocess 
returned error exit status 1

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     ineffective)?
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-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Devuan
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus/ceres)
Release:	5
Codename:	daedalus ceres
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 6.0.0+ (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages orphan-sysvinit-scripts depends on:
ii  ucf  3.0043

orphan-sysvinit-scripts recommends no packages.

orphan-sysvinit-scripts suggests no packages.

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From: Mark Hindley <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 18:21:17 +0100

Control: reassign -1 kexec-tools
Control: tags -1 debian
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.debian.org/1010406

Arthur,

Many thanks for this.

> Package: orphan-sysvinit-scripts

This isn't really something for orphan-sysvinit-scripts as the initscript is
still present if non-functional.

I think this has already been reported in Debian[1]. As kexec-tools is not
forked in Devuan, Debian is the correct place for it to be fixed.
 
Can you devise a patch for the kexec-tools initscript that fixes the restart
verb?

If so, the best thing would be to add it to the existing Debian bug.

Thanks

Mark

[1]  https://bugs.debian.org/1010406